Who we are
Twenty years of climbing other people's roofs
Apex Chimney is family-owned, and has been for more than two decades. We're CSIA-certified, licensed, and insured — and we work our own jobs.
There's a reason chimney work has a reputation problem. You can't see your own chimney. You can't get on the roof, you can't see up the flue, and when somebody comes down off your ladder and tells you that you need four thousand dollars of masonry, you have almost no way to know whether that's true.
We built this company around closing that gap. Every job we do gets photographed — before and after, inside the flue and on top of the stack. We show you the pictures standing in your living room, we point at the thing we're worried about, and you decide. When the honest answer is “it needs a sweep and nothing else,” that's the answer you get, because we'd rather have your call next year than your money today.
Being family-owned is the practical reason that works. There's no commission structure pushing a technician to find problems, and the person who inspects your chimney is the person who'll be back for it in twelve months. We work in Ohio and in California, and in both places the standard is the same one we'd want at our own houses.
What we hold
- CSIA-certified chimney sweeps
- Licensed and insured
- Family-owned, 20+ years
Our one rule
If a repair can wait a season without risk, we say so. If it genuinely can't, we'll tell you exactly why and show you the photo that proves it.
How we work
What a visit actually looks like
You call, a person answers
Our own office handles the calls, not an outsourced call center.
We show up when we said
A real arrival window, and a call if we're running behind.
We look before we quote
Inspection first, photos second, price third. In that order.
You approve the work
Nothing starts until you've seen the problem and said yes.
Recent work
What the work looks like
Our own photographs, from real jobs. Before and after where we have both ends of it.


Cracked crown, and the same crown after
The crown surface is unbroken again, sloped away from the tile and carried out over the brick.

New chase cover and cap
New cover fitted over the chase and the flue capped — the rust it replaced is still showing underneath.

Stainless liner run down the chase
The chase opened at the roof and a single length of stainless flex liner fed down it.
Book a sweep, an inspection, or a look at whatever's worrying you
Tell us what's going on and we'll call you back to agree a time. If you'd rather sort it now, the phone is faster.