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 Pflugerville
A fireplace in a Pflugerville subdivision home usually gets used for a handful of cold nights each winter, then sits dormant through nine months of Central Texas humidity. That pattern is exactly why a ten-year-old chimney can hide a serious problem: the flue hasn’t been touched since the builder handed over the keys, and the off-season invited birds, squirrels, and wasps into the chase. Our Chimney Sweep team works across 78660 and 78691, and we know these factory-built fireplaces inside the masonry surrounds because we see them every week in Falcon Pointe, Blackhawk, and Highland Park. The flue may look fine from the hearth. That’s not the part that fails. Call (877) 644-8036 and we’ll tell you what’s actually going on up there.
Why Resolute Chimney Sweep Is Pflugerville’s Preferred Chimney Sweep Company
Pflugerville grew fast. Most of the homes we service in 78660 were built between 1995 and 2015, and the fireplace is nearly always a factory-built metal firebox trimmed with masonry. That’s our bread and butter, because those systems require manufacturer-specific flue components we actually stock: DuraFlex liners, Copperfield caps, Olympia damper parts. A general handyman with a brush can’t match the right components to the right chase, and a mismatched cap screen is exactly how a clean chimney drafts badly. Our Chimney Sweep in Pflugerville work leans on that product knowledge, not just elbow grease.
Brent Calloway built Resolute around a simple rule: find the problem, show the homeowner the evidence, and fix it with the same parts the manufacturer specified. We do camera-backed Level 1 and Level 2 inspections on every first visit, so you see the nest, the cracked crown, or the rusted damper plate with your own eyes before we recommend anything. No mystery repairs. No upsold liner work a homeowner can’t verify. We serve Pflugerville as a specification-grade chimney company, not a one-visit cleaning crew.
Three services run through this shop: chimney sweep, dryer vent cleaning, and chimney repair. That scope matters for Pflugerville specifically, because a 2012 build in Blackhawk can smell smoky every cold snap with a flue that looks clean. Someone has to pull the cap, inspect the prefab chase, and test the damper. That’s us. Found during the sweep, fixed by us.
Styles & brands we work with
Fireplace Cleaning in Pflugerville
Fireplace Cleaning in Pflugerville means more than brushing soot off the firebox walls. In the 78660 and 78691 subdivisions we walk into, the fireplace is usually a factory-built metal unit set into a masonry surround, so the cleaning has to respect the manufacturer’s chase, cap, and venting components, not just scrape creosote like a brick flue from 1975. A standard sweep plus visual inspection runs $180 – $290 in Pflugerville for a single-story home. Two-story homes or a fireplace with an offset flue run higher, typically $240 – $340, because the roof access and chase assembly take longer to work through.
Creosote and Soot Removal
Central Texas fireplaces burn mostly oak and mesquite, often green from the seller’s stack, and short shoulder-season fires make first-degree creosote collect fast inside the flue. Our removal process brushes the full firebox-to-cap path and vacuums the smoke shelf clean. Third-degree creosote, the hardened glaze, is rare in Pflugerville’s newer builds, but we treat it chemically when it shows up in the older ranch homes near downtown along 78660’s core.
Level 1 Inspection Included
Every sweep we book includes a Level 1 inspection of the accessible flue, damper, chase, and cap. In Pflugerville, that check is the part that actually matters, because the typical defect isn’t creosote at all. It’s a bird nest packed against the cap screen, a rusted damper plate on the metal firebox, or a hairline crown crack on the north-facing exterior that only opened up after the February 2021 freeze. You’ll see the photos.
Chimney Services in Pflugerville
Chimney Services in Pflugerville go beyond sweeping. The fireplace in a 2011 Falcon Pointe home may never have been inspected since the builders’ walkthrough, and that’s okay for a few years. Then the cap screen corrodes, or a squirrel chews through the chase corner, or the freeze cycle spalls the crown, and the draft goes wrong even though the flue looks empty. Our repair side covers what the sweep uncovers, using HeatShield resurfacing for damaged liners and DuraFlex liner systems where the existing flue can’t be saved. One call covers the sweep, the vent, and the repair.
Level 2 Inspection
A Level 2 inspection adds camera work to the flue interior and the prefab chase. We recommend it for Pflugerville homes after a hard freeze, after a chimney fire, or before a home sale closes in 78660 or 78691. The camera catches cracks and joint gaps behind the masonry that a bright light and a mirror will miss. Cost for a Level 2 inspection in Pflugerville runs $200 – $350 depending on flue height and access.
Annual Sweep
How often you sweep comes down to use, not the calendar. A fireplace lit five times a season, every season, should be swept each fall before the first cold snap hits Pflugerville. A gas log set in a vented fireplace should be checked annually too, because the same birds that nest in a wood flue don’t care whether the fire is real or yellow glass. Our Annual Sweep covers inspection, brushing, and cap screen clearing in one visit.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees — you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Pflugerville
We stock and install components from HeatShield, Gelco, Olympia Chimney, Famco, and Copperfield because those are the brands specified in professional chimney supply channels, not the packaged kits on a big-box shelf. That matters in Pflugerville’s master-planned subdivisions, where the factory-built fireplaces require manufacturer-matched chase caps and damper plates. We keep common Copperfield cap screens and Gelco crown sealant on hand, so a Blackhawk homeowner with a rusted cap doesn’t wait two weeks for a part to ship. The right material for the repair, delivered without the runaround.
See the difference
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AfterCommon Chimney Sweep Problems We See in Pflugerville Homes
- Factory-built fireboxes ignored since move-in. Homeowners in Falcon Pointe and Highland Park assume a ten-year-old fireplace is maintenance-free, so the damper plate, cap screen, and chase assembly go un-inspected. Rust and warping develop quietly, then the first cold snap smells smoky.
- Cracked crowns and spalled brick after freezes. The wide Central Texas temperature swings, especially the Uri-style hard freezes, open up hairline cracks on north-facing chimney exteriors. The damage faces away from the street, so Pflugerville homeowners notice it only after water has already puddled in the smoke chamber.
- Birds, squirrels, and wasps in the flue. Long dormant months with a damaged or missing cap screen invite colonization. A packed nest against the screen kills draft and mimics a creosote problem in a newer chimney that has almost none.
- Corroded cap screens on prefabricated chases. The metal chase assembly on a 2008 – 2015 Pflugerville build rusts faster than the fireplace itself. A corroded screen restricts airflow, so the living room stays smoky even when the chimney is clean.
Pricing for Chimney Sweep in Pflugerville, TX
Most Pflugerville chimney sweeps land between $180 and $340. A basic sweep with Level 1 inspection on a single-story home runs $180 – $290. Add a second story or an offset flue and you’re at $240 – $340. Level 2 camera inspections run $200 – $350. Repair work is quoted only after the camera shows what’s wrong: a cap screen replacement on a factory-built Blackhawk chase usually falls between $150 and $400 depending on the Copperfield component, and a crown crack sealed with Gelco material before spalling starts is far cheaper than rebuilding the crown later. Estimates are free, and we never recommend work the camera can’t show you. Call (877) 644-8036 and we’ll get you scheduled.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pflugerville
Our sweep crews cover Pflugerville and the neighboring communities of Windemere, Wells Branch, Hutto, and Brushy Creek. If you live in one of those areas and need chimney work, the same manufacturer-matched parts and camera-backed inspection process apply. We know these chimneys because they were built in the same wave of Central Texas growth.
Serving Pflugerville, TX — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pflugerville 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 Pflugerville
Yes, and not because of creosote. A 2014 factory-built fireplace in 78660 has been through nearly a decade of hot summers, humidity, and at least one hard freeze, and the failure points are the cap screen, the damper plate, and the exterior crown rather than the flue itself. You need a sweep plus a Level 1 inspection so those parts get checked before they fail into a smoky room or a water leak. Call (877) 644-8036 and we’ll inspect what the builder left behind.
Yes. A factory-built fireplace uses a prefabricated metal chase and manufacturer-specific flue components, so we inspect and service the cap, chase, and damper against the original spec instead of defaulting to a masonry chimney routine. The cleaning brushes may look similar, but the inspection points are completely different. Our techs stock DuraFlex, Copperfield, and Olympia components precisely because these units need matched parts.
Because the problem is almost never visible from the hearth. In Pflugerville’s newer subdivisions, a smoky fireplace with a clean flue usually means a bird nest on the cap screen, a rusted damper plate, or a corroded chase cap restricting airflow. A Blackhawk homeowner called us in 78660 with exactly that complaint on a 2012 build; our tech pulled the cap, found a nest packed against the screen plus a rusted-out damper, and cleared the flue back to a clean draft. The chimney was never dirty. The cap assembly was.
The February 2021 freeze opened hairline cracks in masonry crowns and spalled brick on north-facing chimney exteriors throughout Pflugerville. Because the damaged face points away from the street, much of it still hasn’t been discovered. A Level 2 inspection will catch crown cracks before water migrates into the smoke chamber and the chase. We see freeze damage in Pflugerville on nearly every Level 2 we run after a hard winter.
First-degree creosote is a fluffy, dusty deposit that brushes off easily and is the common type in Pflugerville’s short, warm fires. Third-degree is a hardened glaze that requires chemical treatment and indicates a chimney that has seen either a chimney fire or many seasons of cool, smoldering burns. It exists in Pflugerville, mostly in older ranch homes near downtown 78660 where fireplace use is heavier. The type determines our removal method, and the camera shows us which one we’re dealing with. Call (877) 644-8036 for a sweep and a straight answer.
Written by Brent Calloway, Owner at Resolute Chimney Sweep, serving Pflugerville’s chimneys and dryer vents.