Sweep & inspection
Caps & crowns
Flue relining
Masonry repair
Gas fireplace serviceLevel 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
Fast, Reliable Chimney Sweep Across Cedar Park
A chimney sweep in Cedar Park typically costs $189 – $349 for a standard prefab fireplace cleaning and Level 1 inspection, and most homes in the 78613 and 78630 zip codes can be scheduled within a week. If you live in a Cedar Park subdivision built between 1995 and 2015, there’s a good chance your fireplace has never been touched since the builder closed the door on it. That’s exactly the kind of house we work on most. Call (877) 274-1247 and we’ll tell you over the phone what to expect before we ever step foot in your home.
Our crews are in and out of Cedar Park several days a week. We know the neighborhoods, we know the builder patterns, and we know what those factory-built units look like after ten or fifteen years of Texas weather. No guesswork.
Why Boardwalk Chimney Sweep Is Cedar Park’s Preferred Chimney Sweep Company
Brent Holloway runs our operation, and he’s built the company around one thing Cedar Park homeowners actually need: a full-service crew that can inspect, clean, and repair the same chimney without bouncing you between contractors. That matters in Cedar Park more than most places, because the majority of fireplaces here are prefab metal units that a generalist sweep might not stock parts for. We do.
We’ve swept thousands of fireplaces across Williamson County, and Cedar Park keeps us busiest with first-time cleanings on homes that are ten, fifteen, twenty years old. Homeowners call us because they noticed a smell, saw staining near the ceiling, or found a bird working its way into the chase. We show up, we diagnose it, and we fix it that same visit more often than not.
Our response time to Cedar Park is typically one to three business days, depending on the season. Fall is the busiest stretch, when the first strong cold front of the season rolls through and every fireplace in the city gets lit for the first time since March. Book ahead if you can. If you can’t, call anyway and we’ll fit you in.
Styles & brands we work with
Chimney Sweep Certified in Cedar Park
Chimney Sweep Certified work in Cedar Park means a full mechanical brushing of the flue, removal of creosote and soot from the firebox and smoke shelf, and a Level 1 inspection of all accessible components. For the prefab fireplaces that dominate Cedar Park’s master-planned communities, that inspection includes checking the chase cover, the cap, the flue liner, and the firebox refractory panels. Most Cedar Park homes need this every 1 – 2 years if the fireplace gets used at all, even occasionally. A standard sweep with Level 1 inspection runs $189 – $279 in this market.
Creosote and Soot Removal
Creosote doesn’t care that your house was built in 2008. It forms from incomplete combustion, and in Central Texas, the long gaps between burns actually work against you. A fireplace that gets lit three or four times a winter still produces creosote, but it sits for months in a warm, humid chase, hardening into a glaze that clings to the flue walls. We remove it with rotary brushes sized to the specific diameter of your prefab flue, which is usually 6 or 8 inches on Cedar Park tract homes.
Annual Sweep for Neglected Fireplaces
If your Cedar Park fireplace has gone five or more years without a sweep, the first visit often includes more than just brushing. We find wasp nests, bird debris, cracked refractory panels, and chase covers rusted through from storm exposure. That’s not a scare tactic. That’s what we actually see in this housing stock. The good news is that most of it is repairable in one appointment, and we carry the common replacement parts for the brands installed in these subdivisions.
Gas Fireplace Cleaning in Cedar Park
Gas Fireplace Cleaning in Cedar Park means removing the glass, cleaning the burner and pilot assembly, checking gas connections at visible points, and clearing dust and pet hair from the fan and valve compartments. Even though a gas fireplace doesn’t produce creosote, it does collect debris, and a dirty burner with soot buildup on the glass indicates incomplete combustion. For Cedar Park homeowners, we recommend gas fireplace cleaning every 1 – 2 years, or anytime the flames look yellow and uneven instead of blue. Expect to pay $149 – $229 for a gas log set cleaning and safety check.
Burner and Glass Service
Most gas fireplace issues in Cedar Park come down to buildup on the burner ports or a failed thermocouple. If your fireplace lights and then shuts off within seconds, that’s usually the thermocouple or thermopile, and it’s a straightforward replacement. We clean the burner media, check the log placement (wrongly placed logs cause soot on the glass), and verify the venting path is clear.
Log Set and Pilot Inspection
We also check the pilot flame color and height against the manufacturer’s spec. A lazy yellow pilot flame sends carbon monoxide into the room instead of up the flue. Modern gas fireplaces have safety shutoffs that help, but those fail open sometimes. A $150 cleaning visit is cheap insurance against a CO issue you can’t see or smell.
Trusted Brands We Service in Cedar Park
We work exclusively with the brands chimney professionals actually specify: HeatShield for flue resurfacing and liner restoration, Gelco and Olympia Chimney for caps and chase covers, and Famco for termination assemblies. That’s a big deal for Cedar Park, because the builder-installed caps on these prefab chases are often thin galvanized metal that rusts through in five to seven years of Texas sun and hail. When we replace one, we put on a galvanized or stainless-steel cap from a manufacturer-recognized brand, not whatever’s on a shelf at the hardware store. We keep the common sizes stocked, so most Cedar Park cap replacements happen same-day.
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AfterCommon Chimney Sweep Problems We See in Cedar Park Homes
- First-clean-since-construction creosote. Homes built in the 2000s and 2010s around Cedar Park often have their original flue untouched. That’s a decade of occasional use with no cleaning, and the creosote gets glazed and stubborn.
- Storm-damaged chase covers. The flat metal top on a prefab chimney chase takes direct hits from hail and wind-driven rain. Rusted-out covers let water pour into the chase, which then leaks into the ceiling and walls.
- Pest intrusion through builder caps. The cheap caps installed during construction often lack proper screening or get bent out of shape. Birds, squirrels, and wasps get in and either block the flue or die inside it.
- Cracked refractory panels in gas fireboxes. The masonry-looking panels inside a gas fireplace crack over time, especially with Texas heat cycling. Cracks aren’t always visible behind the logs, but they signal the firebox is no longer safely containing the fire.
In the Buttercup Creek neighborhood, we recently serviced a 2005 home with a factory-built fireplace that had never been cleaned. Our tech pulled a bird’s nest from the flue, removed first-degree creosote from the firebox, and replaced a cracked chase cap that had let in water. The homeowner had no idea anything was wrong until they noticed a faint smell in the living room and a water stain on the ceiling below the chase. After one visit, the draft was back to normal, the smell was gone, and the leak was sealed.
Pricing for Chimney Sweep in Cedar Park, TX
A standard chimney sweep with Level 1 inspection in Cedar Park runs $189 – $279 for a prefab fireplace. If you add a gas log cleaning to the same visit, expect to pay $149 – $229 more, but we bundle it for less when scheduled together. Level 2 inspections, which use a camera to inspect the interior of the flue liner down its full length, run $275 – $400 and are recommended if you’ve had a chimney fire, water intrusion, or a pest problem. A new cap or chase cover replacement typically adds $125 – $350 depending on size and material. We give you the exact number before any work starts, and the quote includes a photo report of what we found. Call (877) 274-1247 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cedar Park
Our Cedar Park service area covers the 78613 and 78630 zip codes, and we regularly work in Brushy Creek, Anderson Mill, Jollyville, and Leander as well. If you’re just outside Cedar Park proper, call and ask whether we can get to your street. Chances are we can. Our full Chimney Sweep service area spans most of Williamson County, so we’re never far.
Serving Cedar Park, TX — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cedar Park area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Chimney Sweep in Cedar Park
Yes, and you’re exactly the customer we see most often in Cedar Park. A fireplace that’s been used even a handful of times per winter since 2010 has built up creosote that’s had years to harden. The flue is probably the original factory-installed one, and it’s never been inspected. Not because it’s broken, but because no one ever looked. We find pest nests, rusted-out caps, and cracked panels in houses this age all the time. A $189 sweep answers the question for good. Call (877) 274-1247 and we’ll get you on the schedule.
A Level 1 inspection checks what’s visible without special tools: the firebox, the cap, the accessible flue, the basic venting path. A Level 2 inspection uses a camera to look inside the entire flue liner from top to bottom, which matters for prefab units because cracks in the metal liner can’t be seen from the top or bottom alone. In Cedar Park, we recommend a Level 2 inspection if the home has never had one, if there’s been a leak, or if you bought the house recently and no one can tell you the chimney’s history. Level 2 runs $275 – $400 and includes the same cleaning work.
Clean a gas fireplace every 1 – 2 years, even if it gets light use. Gas units don’t make creosote, but they collect dust, pet hair, and spider webs that can clog burner ports and cause sooting on the glass. Soot on the glass means incomplete combustion, which never gets better on its own. The mild Central Texas climate means a lot of Cedar Park homeowners only run their gas fireplace for a few hours a decade and assume it’s fine. It’s not. A $149 cleaning finds small problems before they become gas valve replacements.
Yes, and it should be. Most Cedar Park prefab chimneys have a builder-grade cap that rusts through in five to seven years. Hail and wind accelerate that. A damaged cap lets rain pour straight into the chase, and that water ends up in your ceiling or shorting out your gas valve. We stock replacement caps in the common sizes for this market and install them same-day in most cases. The part and labor typically run $125 – $350 depending on size and material. We’ll show you the old cap when we take it off so you can see exactly what failed.
We service all factory-built prefab fireplaces regardless of the original manufacturer, and we repair and restore them using HeatShield, Gelco, Olympia Chimney, and Famco components. HeatShield resurfacing lets us repair cracks and gaps in a prefab liner without necessarily replacing the whole unit, which matters because full replacement on a factory-built fireplace runs thousands of dollars. Coppperfield is one of the termination brands we see frequently in Cedar Park chases, and we stock the common replacements. If your fireplace was installed by the builder, we’ve almost certainly worked on its twin somewhere else in the city.
Brent Holloway and the Boardwalk Chimney Sweep crew work on Cedar Park fireplaces every week. Whether it’s your first cleaning since 2005 or a gas fireplace that won’t stay lit, we can tell you what’s wrong, what it costs, and whether it can wait. Call (877) 274-1247 for a free estimate and a straight answer.