Our Inspection Services Include:

• Leaking Fireplace: Evaluates what condition is causing the fireplace to leak water. This is a comprehensive inspection to determine what condition of the installation is incorrect or damaged to cause leaking.

• Smoking Fireplace: Evaluates what condition is causing the fireplace to smoke. This is a comprehensive inspection to determine if the fireplace is incorrectly installed, damaged, or is cause by other environmental conditions.

• Pre-Listing Inspection: This inspection will prepare you for the problems that exist in your fireplace prior to listing your home for sale.

• Re-sale Inspection: Fireplace inspections prior to the close of Escrow can save lives and property. Fireplace repair, replacement, or restoration can be expensive.

• Remodel Evaluation: Remodeling a room with a fireplace? Check to see if the fireplace is in good condition before installing expensive materials.

• Chim-Scan: video scan of interior of chimney.

• High Efficient Inspection: This inspection determines if your masonry chimney can handle a more efficient appliance like a wood-burning insert.

• Chimney Fire Inspections: This service inspects the fireplace to determine if a chimney fire has damaged the chimney.

• Proposals in Real Estate Transactions: It is SOOTY'S Policy not to offer any repair work or estimates when an inspection is performed for a real estate transaction. This is done to keep an un-biased opinion regarding the condition of the fireplace/chimney. If a proposal is needed an additional charge will apply and must be indicated prior to the arrival of the inspection property.

• Safety Survey: Surveys the fire safety condition of the home, including 1 chimney inspection, 1 furnace and water heater inspection, Dryer Vent inspection, Exterior fire safety, and other fire safety recommendations.

Why Have An Inspection:
There are many reasons an inspection should be triggered. Operational malfunction, installing new appliance, sale of property, chimney fire, earthquake damage, and others. The appropriate level of inspection is based on the reason an inspection is required i.e. It would be inappropriate to do a level I inspection for a property that is in escrow (see levels of inspections link below). 

NFPA 211 levels of inspection

Is the CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep Credential Alone Adequate To Inspect?: 
“The Certified Chimney Sweep credential provides a minimum knowledge of what is involved with the three levels of inspection. The methods, understanding, documenting and communicating are something that all chimney professionals should pursue to give them a better understanding of how to apply what they are seeing in a meaningful way to their customers along with proper documentation.” Howard Rowell President Chimney Safety Institute of America 6/8/2007


Certified Inspector:
SOOTY'S has the only active F.I.R.E. certified inspector on the mountain. 

Below is a link to verify all F.I.R.E. certified inspectors. 

Click To Verify Certification

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How often do Chimney Fires Occur?
Here is just a small sample of recent Chimney Fires.