What Is the Typical Price for a Professional Chimney Sweep?

What Is the Typical Price for a Professional Chimney Sweep?

The typical chimney sweep price in Chicago is $300 to $350 (rates as of September 2026) for a wood-burning fireplace. This includes soot removal, creosote cleaning, and a visual safety inspection.

Gas fireplaces follow the same $300 to $350 Gas Refresh rate, which includes cleaning the gas logs and replacing sand, lava rock, or ember material as needed.

If you only need an inspection without cleaning, the Visual Safety Inspection is $200 to $300.

These are our current prices; however, they may change over time.

What You Receive

A chimney sweep includes brushing the flue, cleaning the firebox, and checking the smoke chamber.

Our technicians also photograph their findings and explain any concerns clearly, making it easier to understand your chimney’s condition and any recommended next steps.

Why the Service Matters

Annual chimney cleaning helps prevent fires, improve draft, and extend the life of your fireplace system. It also helps reduce winter smoke and odor problems.

Proudly Serving Chicago’s North Shore

With years of experience and thousands of satisfied customers, our team continues to deliver dependable chimney care across Chicago’s North Shore.

We’re dedicated to protecting your home year-round while expanding our reach to new towns every season. Our growing team ensures prompt, reliable service wherever you are.

Core Service Areas

Specifically, we proudly serve Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Deerfield, Riverwoods, Bannockburn, Northfield, Northbrook.

Extended Service Areas

We also cover Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Glenview, Hawthorn Woods, & Fort Sheridan.

Therefore, no matter where you live in the North Shore, Chimney Monkey is ready to help. In addition, our team ensures quick response in all listed areas. Likewise, we adapt to local needs for safer results.

📞 Call Chimney Monkey at (847) 994-4388 and let us take care of your chimney needs!

Sweeping is the cheap part. If your inspection turns up crown, liner or masonry problems, our full guide to chimney repair costs in Chicago explains how that work is priced and what to check before you sign.

Our Current Prices

These are our typical rates as of September 2026. Prices change, so call 847-994-4388 to confirm current pricing. For repair work and everything outside this list, see our chimney and fireplace service cost guide. They are the numbers we quote on the phone, not an estimate that changes when we arrive.

• Chimney sweep — $300 to $350. A full sweep of the flue, smoke chamber and firebox, with the Level 1 inspection included.
• Level 1 inspection — $200 to $300. Visual inspection of all readily accessible parts of the chimney and appliance, with photographs.
• Utility chimney inspection — $200 to $300. The flue serving your furnace or water heater. Different appliance, same flat rate.
• Level 2 inspection — around $300. Adds a camera survey of the flue interior. Required at sale, after a chimney fire, and whenever the appliance changes.
• Fireplace liner — roughly $200 per linear foot. Most complete liner jobs land between $3,000 and $4,000 depending on flue height and whether existing clay tile has to be broken out.

Masonry work — tuckpointing, crown replacement, firebox and above-roof rebuilds — is quoted in writing after inspection, because scope and access vary too much to price honestly over the phone. Prices are current at the time of writing; call 847-994-4388 to confirm.

Chimney Sweep Price Questions

How much does a chimney sweep cost in the Chicago area?

A chimney sweep runs $300 to $350 and includes the Level 1 inspection. That covers masonry fireplaces, factory-built units and stoves. Heavily glazed creosote, multiple flues and difficult access can move it. Typical rates as of September 2026.

How much does a chimney inspection cost?

A Level 1 inspection is $200 to $300, and the same range covers a utility inspection of a furnace or water heater flue. A Level 2 inspection with a camera survey of the flue is around $300, with a discount for each additional flue.

How much does it cost to reline a chimney?

A fireplace liner is sized per flue and most complete jobs land between $3,000 and $4,000, depending on flue height and whether existing clay tile has to be broken out. A utility flue liner serving a furnace or water heater typically runs $3,000 to $3,800.

Do you charge for estimates?

Estimates for repair work are free and itemized. The inspection fee is separate, and it buys a documented diagnosis: photographs, a camera survey of the flue where conditions allow, and a written explanation of what needs correcting now versus what can wait. A free estimate prices a known job. A diagnostic inspection determines what the job actually is.

Why are masonry repairs not priced on this page?

Because scope and access vary too much to price honestly in advance. Tuckpointing, rebuilds, custom caps and chimney removal are quoted in writing after an inspection or a measurement visit. Pricing an unknown condition is guessing.