Chimney Cleaning and Repair in Highland Park
Chimney Monkey provides chimney sweeping, inspections and repairs in Highland Park. For a leak, deteriorated brickwork or a fireplace concern, start with an inspection to establish the condition before choosing repair work.
Typical rates as of September 2026: a chimney sweep is $300–$350 with a Level 1 inspection included. An inspection on its own is $200–$300. Masonry repairs are quoted after inspection.
Call 847-994-4388 to confirm current rates or use the form below. If your home has several fireplaces or appliance flues, tell us how many need attention so we can plan the visit.
Highland Park is a North Shore suburb in Lake County, about 25 miles north of downtown Chicago, with a population of 30,176 as of the 2020 census. It’s known for the Ravinia Festival — summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — along with Frank Lloyd Wright architecture and the famous house from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. It’s a place where downtown energy meets quiet, tree-lined neighborhoods.
Winters here are long, and there’s nothing better than coming home to an evening by the fire. If you’re looking for chimney cleaning in Highland Park, Chimney Monkey has you covered. Our services cover Highland Park’s zip codes, 60035 and 60040 — let’s get your fireplace ready for the season ahead.
Contact Info
Feel free to reach out to our office from Monday to Friday, 8am to 9pm, at 847-994-4388. Highland Park, located in the scenic southeastern part of Lake County, Illinois, is a lively suburban city positioned just 25 miles north of downtown Chicago.
Chimney Monkey specializes in chimney sweeping, fireplace cleaning, inspections, and repairs. Ensure your home’s safety and efficiency with our professional services.
We proudly serve Highland Park and surrounding communities, including Deerfield, Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Kenilworth, Skokie, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Northbrook, Northfield, Wilmette, Winnetka, Chicago and nearby towns.
Call us today and let us take care of your chimney needs!
Chimney Sweep in Highland Park, IL
Our Chimney Services in Highland Park
Bluff-side wind and heavy lake-effect weather are hard on Highland Park chimneys. These are the services we provide throughout the city:
- Chimney inspection – a camera-assisted look inside the flue so nothing structural gets missed.
- Professional chimney sweeping – soot and creosote removal done with drop cloths and HEPA vacuums.
- Chimney leak and water damage repair – tracking down where water actually gets in, then sealing it properly.
- Masonry chimney repair – brick replacement and partial rebuilds using matched materials.
- Tuckpointing and mortar joint repair – grinding out failed mortar and repointing to stop water absorption.
- New chimney caps – a properly sized cap that keeps water and wildlife out of the flue.
- Firebox and fireplace cleaning – detailing the firebox, damper, and smoke shelf so the unit looks and works right.
- Clogged dryer vent cleaning – clearing the lint blockages that make a dryer run hot and slow.
- Water heater and furnace flue liners – liner sizing and installation for orphaned water heaters and high-efficiency furnaces.
- Custom fireplace mantel installation – mantel and surround installation, from simple shelves to full stone facades.
Chimney Service in Highland Park, IL
Keep your Highland Park home safe and cozy with the North Shore’s trusted chimney team. Call or book online today.
Chimney Repair in Highland Park
Highland Park chimneys are bigger than average and older than average, and both facts drive the cost of getting them wrong. Ravine-side homes and the early twentieth-century estates west of Sheridan were built with tall multi-flue stacks, decorative corbelling and clay pots. When those fail, the failure is high up, hard to reach and expensive to ignore. We do chimney repair, tuckpointing and full above-roof rebuilds, and we photograph everything from the staging so you can see what you are paying for.
Chimney Restoration on Older Homes
Restoration is not the same as repair. On a period Highland Park chimney the goal is to keep the original brick, corbel detail and clay pots while replacing only what has failed: the joints, the crown, the flashing and sometimes the liner. That means salvaging and reusing brick where possible and matching mortar by colour and hardness rather than reaching for a bag of premixed Portland. Masonry repair done in the modern mix on soft historic brick will look fine for two winters and then start shedding brick faces.
Ravines, Trees and Water
Heavy tree cover along the ravines keeps chimneys damp and drops debris into open flues all autumn. Two things follow. The masonry stays saturated longer after rain, which accelerates freeze-thaw damage, and the flue collects leaf litter that blocks draft. A stainless chimney cap with mesh solves the second problem permanently and costs a fraction of what the first one costs to fix.
Sweeping and Inspection
Homes here often have three or four flues in one stack serving two fireplaces, a furnace and a water heater. Each needs its own inspection, and a whole-house visit takes longer than a single-fireplace call. Our chimney sweep service covers all flues in one appointment.
Areas We Cover
East Highland Park and the lakefront, Ravinia, Braeside, Sherwood Forest, Highlands, Deer Creek and the Skokie Valley corridor, plus adjoining Deerfield, Lake Forest and Highwood.
Booking
Call 847-994-4388. For multi-flue stacks tell us how many fireplaces and appliances you have so we can allow enough time.
Highland Park Chimney Questions
Can you match the brick on an older Highland Park chimney?
In most cases yes, by salvaging sound brick from the section being rebuilt and sourcing reclaimed brick of the same size and colour for the balance.
Are clay chimney pots worth keeping?
Yes, if they are intact. They are part of the character of the house and often impossible to replace. We remove, store and reset them during crown work.
How do I stop leaves and animals getting into the flue?
A stainless cap with a mesh screen sized to the flue. It also keeps rain off the tile, which is the more expensive problem.
My chimney has four flues. Do they all need inspecting?
Yes. Each flue serves a different appliance and each can fail independently. A blocked furnace flue is the more dangerous of the two.
How long does an above-roof rebuild take?
Typically two to four days for a large stack, plus staging time, and we schedule around the weather because fresh mortar cannot take a freeze.
Our Prices
Typical rates as of September 2026: a chimney sweep is $300 to $350 with the Level 1 inspection included, a Level 1 inspection on its own is $200 to $300, the same rate covers a utility chimney serving a furnace or water heater, and a Level 2 inspection with a camera survey of the flue is around $300. A fireplace liner runs roughly $200 per linear foot, so most complete liner jobs come in between $3,000 and $4,000. Masonry repairs are quoted in writing after inspection. Call 847-994-4388 to book or to confirm current pricing.
