Chimney Sweep Bros is based in Orland Park — our shop is on LaGrange Road, so this is not a service area we drive out to, it is where we are. We sweep, inspect, reline and repair chimneys across the village, seven days a week, 7:00am to 7:00pm. We are insured and we have been doing this locally for over five years. Call (708) 432-3430.
Village services and permit information are available from the Village of Orland Park.
What Orland Park chimneys are like
Orland Park grew fastest through the post-war decades and again through the 1980s and 1990s, and the housing stock reflects that. Most of what we work on falls into three groups, and each one fails in its own way.
- The 1960s and 1970s ranches and split-levels that fill much of the village. These typically have clay-tile-lined masonry chimneys that are now fifty or sixty winters old. The mortar joints between the flue tiles are the weak point, and by this age a lot of them have washed out.
- The 1980s–90s subdivisions built out toward the western edge of the village. Newer, but very often fitted with prefabricated metal fireplaces, and those have a genuinely finite service life — the panels and the chase covers do not last forever, and a rusted chase cover funnels water straight into the chase.
- The older homes around the Old Orland Historic District, the original downtown designated in 1986, where the white clapboard and brick buildings still stand. Genuinely old masonry, frequently unlined or lined to a standard nobody would accept now.
The problem specific to this village: gas conversions
Orland Park has a lot of homes where an open wood-burning fireplace was converted to gas at some point in the last thirty years, and the flue was never resized. It is probably the single most common defect we find here. An old masonry flue built for a wood fire is far too large for a gas insert — the cool, damp, acidic gas flue gases condense on the way up instead of leaving the building, and they quietly corrode the flue and eat the mortar from the inside. If your gas fire went into an old wood fireplace and nobody mentioned a liner at the time, it is worth a camera inspection.
Water is the other one
The freeze-thaw cycle here is punishing. A chimney is the most exposed masonry on the house — unprotected on four sides and on top — and every time the temperature crosses freezing, water that has soaked into the brick expands and pushes it apart from the inside. That is why we see so much spalling brick and so many crumbling crowns in the village. It is also why a cap and a sound crown are the highest-value maintenance you can buy here: they are cheap, and they prevent almost everything expensive that follows.
Chimney services we provide in Orland Park
- Chimney sweeping — creosote and soot removed under a sealed HEPA vacuum, with a Level 1 inspection included.
- Chimney inspection — Level 1 and Level 2 with a camera. A Level 2 is required when a property changes hands.
- Chimney repair and masonry — spalling brick, failed mortar, tuckpointing and rebuilds.
- Chimney relining — stainless liners sized to the appliance.
- Caps and crowns — the work that stops water getting into the chimney in the first place.
- Gas fireplace service — the flue still matters, because carbon monoxide does.
- Dryer vent cleaning — the full duct run.
Getting around
We are on LaGrange Road, which means most of the village is a short drive — whether you are out near Centennial Park and Lake Sedgewick on the west side, over toward Old Orland, or in the newer subdivisions further out. Being genuinely local is the difference between fitting you in this week and putting you on a list.
Frequently asked questions
Are you actually based in Orland Park?
Yes — our shop is on LaGrange Road in Orland Park. We are not a national booking service routing your job to whoever is nearest. The person who answers the phone is the person who will be at your house.
How much does a chimney sweep cost in Orland Park?
A sweep with a Level 1 inspection starts at $179, and the price is confirmed before we start. Full prices are published on our pricing page rather than kept back to get you on the phone.
My gas fireplace was put into an old wood fireplace. Is that a problem?
It very often is, and it is the most common defect we find in Orland Park. An old wood flue is far too large for a gas appliance, so the flue gases cool, condense and corrode the chimney from the inside. If nobody fitted a liner at the time of the conversion, get a camera inspection.
Why do so many Orland Park chimneys have crumbling brick?
The freeze-thaw cycle. Water soaks into the brick, freezes, expands and breaks the face off. A chimney is the most exposed masonry on the house, so it takes the worst of it. The root cause is almost always water getting in through a cracked crown or a missing cap.
I have a prefab metal fireplace in a 1990s house. Do you cover that?
Yes. Prefabricated fireplaces are very common in the newer Orland Park subdivisions, and they have a finite service life. The chase cover is the usual failure point — once it rusts, water pours straight into the chase.
How quickly can you come out in Orland Park?
Being based here, usually quickly — though autumn is our busiest stretch by a wide margin, because everyone in the village remembers the chimney in the same fortnight. Call (708) 432-3430 and we will give you a realistic date.
Do I need an inspection if I am selling my Orland Park home?
Yes — a Level 2 inspection. A transfer of property is one of the specific triggers for it under NFPA 211, and it is much better to know what is up the flue before the buyer’s inspector does.
Do you work weekends in Orland Park?
Yes. Seven days a week, 7:00am to 7:00pm, at the same rate.
Book a chimney sweep in Orland Park
Call (708) 432-3430 — open seven days a week, 7:00am to 7:00pm — or book online and we will call you back. Prices are published on our pricing page, and confirmed before any work begins.
From our blog: Prefab Fireplace Chase Covers: The Most Overlooked Fault
Also from our blog: How to tell whether cracked firebox bricks and missing mortar need repair.
From our blog: 7 Signs Your Chimney Needs Sweeping, Ranked by Urgency