Chimney cleaning — Aventura, FL
Creosote is the part that burns. It is also the part nobody sees.
We sweep the flue from the firebox to the cap, and check the two things that turn out to be the real fault more often than the soot does: the cap on top and the damper at the bottom.
- Smoke coming back into the room
- A damper that no longer closes
- Birds, wasps or leaves in the flue
- A fireplace nobody has opened in years
Sun–Thu 7 AM–8 PM · Fri 7 AM–6 PM · Sat closed
Florida licensed
AC contractor CAC1822067
Business hours
Sun–Thu 7 AM–8 PM · Fri 7 AM–6 PM · Sat closed
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Scheduling that fits your week
4.7★
30 Google reviews
Why it matters
What a swept flue actually changes.
A chimney is not a duct with soot in it. A duct moves conditioned air; a flue carries the products of a fire out of a room people are sitting in, and it does that on nothing but the pull of hot air rising.
Creosote is the fuel, not the dirt
Unburnt smoke condenses on the walls of a flue and hardens there. It is not soot's ugly cousin: it is a flammable deposit, and it is the thing that is alight in a chimney fire.
A flue that draws
A fire vents on hot air rising and nothing else. Narrow the flue with deposit, or block it with a nest, and the smoke takes the easier route — back through the opening, into the room.
The cap is often the real fault
A missing or rusted cap lets rain, leaves and animals straight in, and a chimney that has stood open through a few Florida summers usually shows it. Checking it is part of the visit.
The damper has to seal
A damper is the lid on the flue. Stuck open, it is a hole from your living room to the sky that leaks conditioned air all summer; stuck shut, the fire has nowhere to send its smoke.
An unused chimney is not a clean one
A Florida fireplace is lit a handful of evenings a year, so a flue here is rarely worn out by use. It is what moves in while it sits idle — damp, leaves, wasps, birds — that we find.
You see what comes out
What comes down the flue is brought out and shown to you before it leaves, the way this crew already works on a duct: a reviewer describes being shown the dirty filters.
The visit, step by step
Five steps, in the order the smoke travels.
Tap a step to see what happens in the room on the day. A chimney visit is not a duct visit with different nouns: it starts at the hearth, inside your house, and it finishes on the roof.
- The hearth is covered firstBefore the damper is touched.
- The firebox and the smoke chamberWhere the deposit is thickest.
- The flue is swept its full heightNot an arm's reach up.
- The cap and the crown, from the roofThe half of the job that is outside.
- The damper, then what we tell youIt has to open, and it has to close.
Step 1 of 5
The hearth is covered first
Soot is fine, black and it travels. The floor in front of the fireplace and whatever stands near it are covered before anything is opened, and the opening itself is sealed to the vacuum so that what comes down the flue goes into our equipment rather than into the room. Everything after this step depends on having done it first.
Step 2 of 5
The firebox and the smoke chamber
Straight above the fire, where the flue narrows and the gases slow down, is where the heaviest build-up sits. It is also where the faults nobody can see from an armchair turn up: a cracked panel at the back of the firebox, mortar gone from a joint, a shelf carrying debris that has fallen from higher up.
Step 3 of 5
The flue is swept its full height
The brush travels the whole height of the flue rather than the part you can see by ducking under the lintel. Creosote does not lie evenly: it builds where the flue bends and where it cools, which is the upper half — exactly the length that nothing anyone does from the hearth will ever reach.
Step 4 of 5
The cap and the crown, from the roof
The top is checked from the roof: whether the cap is there at all, whether its screen is intact, whether the crown around it has cracked and is letting water run down the flue. A nest, a palm frond or a cap rusted through is a blockage as complete as any amount of creosote, and none of it is visible from the room below.
Step 5 of 5
The damper, then what we tell you
The damper is worked open and shut. A lid that will not seal costs you conditioned air every hour of a Florida summer; one that will not open fills the room with smoke on the first cold evening. Then you are shown what came out and told what we found — including when what we found is that the chimney did not need us.
- 4.7
Average rating on the Google profile
- 27,014
Homes in Aventura
- 27%
Of them built before 1980
- 7
Towns on the route
Where we work
Chimney work across seven towns.
Aventura and the northeast of Miami-Dade County, plus Hallandale Beach and Hollywood in Broward County. Each town has its own page, with the housing numbers that say how old its building stock is.
Miami-Dade and Broward counties, with the towns we serve picked out.
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- Aventura 27,014 homes
- Golden Beach 345 homes
- Hallandale Beach 29,019 homes
- Hollywood 72,553 homes
- North Miami Beach 18,023 homes
- Ojus 8,233 homes
- Sunny Isles Beach 20,079 homes
- AventuraNamed in 10 of the crew's Google posts
- Golden BeachNamed in 4 of the crew's Google posts
- HollywoodNamed in 4 of the crew's Google posts
- North Miami BeachNamed in 4 of the crew's Google posts
- OjusNamed in 4 of the crew's Google posts
- Hallandale BeachNamed in 2 of the crew's Google posts
- Sunny Isles BeachNamed in 2 of the crew's Google posts
The rest of the work
What else this crew is called out for.
Air duct cleaning
Every supply and return opened and photographed, then the whole run brushed and vacuumed — plenum and blower wheel included.
Dryer vent cleaning
The exhaust line cleared from the connector behind the drum to the cap outside, and the termination flapper checked before we leave.
Chimney cleaning
This page: the flue swept from the firebox to the cap, with the cap and the damper checked while we are up there.
Duct repair
Seal leaks, reconnect loose runs and repair damaged ductwork so conditioned air reaches every room.
Duct installation
Design and install new ductwork sized for your home so your AC runs as efficiently as possible.
Checkable, not claimed
What we will and will not put on this page.
No chimney certification claimed
No sweeping certification appears here because this crew holds none. Its NADCA membership and its Florida air-conditioning licence are both about ductwork, and neither one covers a flue.
Both are on the services page, with where to check each.
The quote comes before the work
A chimney is quoted in your home, once the technician has looked at it and before anything is opened, with no obligation to book on the day.
A reviewer mentions no hidden fees: the price was exactly the quote.
You are shown what came out
What comes down the flue is brought out and shown to you before it leaves the house, and you are told what we found up there whether or not it is something we can sell you.
A reviewer describes being shown the dirty filters.
Every Google review, both one-stars included
4.7 from 30 reviews on the Aventura profile: 27 at five stars, one at four and two at one. None of them describes a chimney, and the one-stars sit on our reviews page with the rest.
Counted from the saved profile, never derived from the average.
The room is covered before anything opens
Soot is fine, black and it travels. The floor and whatever stands near it are covered, and the opening is sealed to the vacuum, before the damper is touched.
The line is under suction before a brush turns, so what comes loose goes into the equipment.
100% satisfaction promise
If something is not right, we come back and make it right. It is our own promise rather than a third party's badge — the one line on this grid you cannot look up.
What people say about how this crew works.
“the entire process felt simple and well-run”
“They took the time to explain what they were doing in layman’s terms so not to confuse me; the entire process felt simple and well-run.”
“the price was exactly what I was quoted”
“Very happy with the results and the price was exactly what I was quoted. There were no hidden fees and the technician arrived right on schedule, which I really appreciated. The dryer is running great now and I don't have to deal with damp towels anymore.”
“showed up right on time”
“Had a really great experience with Express Air Duct in Aventura! The tech, Mike, was super friendly and showed up right on time. He cleaned out the ducts in about an hour, and wow, the before-and-after dust difference was like night and day—seriously, I couldn't believe how much gunk came out! My allergies have been way better since they were done. Definitely going back for future cleanings!”
“handled everything with great care”
“While looking for a business that cleans air ducts in my neighborhood, I came across this particular company. The group came just when they were supposed to and handled everything with great care. Throughout the whole home, the air has a substantially cleaner feeling.”
“worked tirelessly to resolve the problem”
“An really helpful and kind tradesman who worked tirelessly to resolve the problem to everyone's satisfaction.”
“took the time to answer all of my questions”
“The technician was professional and took the time to answer all of my questions. The dryer duct cleaning was completed efficiently and everything was clean afterward.”
Before you call
The questions we get about chimneys.
Not answered here? Call (561) 956-1733 and a technician will talk it through before anyone books anything.
Ask us directlyHow do I know the chimney needs sweeping?
What is creosote, and why does it matter more than soot?
Does a fireplace in Florida really need this?
Do you repair a chimney, or only clean it?
Are you certified to sweep chimneys?
Which towns do you cover?
Book the chimney visit
Tell us when it was last lit.
When you last used it, what the smoke did, and whether there is still a cap on top. Those three answers are most of what we need before anyone leaves the yard.
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