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Gas fireplace serviceLevel 1 sweep and inspection to the NFPA 211 annual standard - flue, crown, cap, and flashing checked and photographed
Chimney sweep logs do not sweep chimneys. They loosen some creosote - which then falls where a brush and vacuum still have to collect it.
DuraFlex Chimney Cleaning in Maywood, IL | Wexford Chimney Sweep
Wexford Chimney Sweep provides independent DuraFlex service across Maywood’s 60153 ZIP code and DuraFlex in Melrose Park, and the one factor that sets our work here apart is how we treat the chase as a whole before touching any liner. In Maywood’s 1900-1930 two-flats, a DuraFlex liner rarely lives alone in the stack, so we camera every flue before we call a chimney clean. We are an independent chimney service and are not authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by DuraFlex. Call (866) 361-2607 for a free estimate.
Why Maywood Residents Choose Us for DuraFlex Service
We work with DuraFlex stainless flexible relining systems because in Maywood’s century-old masonry chases, the liner is the whole job. Norm Sulecki, our owner, has been working on chimneys in this part of Cook County for going on two decades, including DuraFlex in River Forest and nearby towns, and he’s built the business around telling homeowners exactly what the camera shows, not what generates the bigger ticket. We stock DuraFlex OEM liner components, top plates, and termination caps so a Maywood job doesn’t stall waiting on parts from a distributor. When a two-flat owner calls about a loose top plate or a furnace that drafts poorly, we already know the stack is probably shared and the clay tile underneath has settled out of round. That local familiarity means we diagnose faster and quote accurately.
For homeowners researching DuraFlex sales & service, the question is usually whether a company actually understands the liner or just sweeps around it. We answer that by showing up with the same brand of liner, the right OEM parts, and the camera work to prove what’s happening inside the flue.
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Common DuraFlex Chimney Cleaning Problems We Solve in Maywood
- Liner joints disengaged at offsets. Maywood’s 1920s two-flats have clay tile that shifted over a century of settling, and older DuraFlex installations that weren’t run through a properly reamed flue will pull apart at the offset. We find this most often on gravity furnace flues that other companies never actually scoped.
- Rust-through and pitting on older stainless sections. Missing or compromised top plates let rain run down the outside of the liner, and acidic flue gas condensation does the rest. On a Maywood bungalow where the cap blew off two winters ago, the liner can be swiss cheese by the time anyone looks.
- Crushed or ovalized liner at the smoke chamber transition. An earlier install that skipped reaming the clay tile leaves the DuraFlex pinched right where the liner makes its turn. Draft suffers, and the furnace or fireplace never burns quite right, no matter how many times the flue gets swept.
- Loose top plates and compromised crowns. Freeze-thaw cycles in Maywood pop the crown mortar, which loosens the DuraFlex top plate, which lets water run down between liner and brick. It’s the most common call we get in late winter and early spring.
- Unused flues housing raccoons and chimney swifts. On Maywood’s two-flats, the uncapped third flue is rarely used and always attractive to wildlife. We inspect every flue in the chase before declaring the chimney clean, because a nest in a dead flue is still a fire hazard when the furnace flue runs two feet beside it.
DuraFlex Service in Maywood: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Maywood’s housing stock was built between roughly 1900 and 1930, during the village’s streetcar-suburb boom, and that means almost every chimney we touch is original masonry, not a factory-built chase. On a standard two-flat in the 60153 blocks near the old streetcar core, the second-floor fireplace and the basement furnace frequently share one brick stack. That shared chase changes how a DuraFlex cleaning and inspection has to work here: before we even run a brush, we camera every flue in the stack, including the ones that have been capped for decades. A furnace flue with a clean, stable DuraFlex liner doesn’t mean the chimney is safe if the unused flue next to it has a raccoon nest pressed against a crumbling clay tile. And because Maywood’s winter freezes push moisture into soft mortar and hairline cracks, a crown that looked fine in September can be spalled and leaking by March. DuraFlex owners in Maywood should expect an inspection that treats the whole masonry assembly as the system, not just the steel inside it. For property owners anywhere in our footprint, the Maywood service area page lays out how we work across the village.
DuraFlex Models & Products We Service in Maywood
We service and install the full DuraFlex line that shows up in Maywood chases: DuraFlex Pro single-wall stainless flexible liner, DuraFlex ProFlex double-wall flexible liner, DuraFlex SW single-wall kits for wood inserts and fireplaces, and the insulation wrap or pour-in systems used with DuraFlex liners. Our approach to parts is simple. The UL listing depends on matched components, so we use DuraFlex OEM liner components, top plates, and termination caps rather than generic hardware-store substitutes. We repair liner sections and hardware when the stainless is sound. When the liner is rusted through or disengaged in a century-old Maywood chase, a full reline is usually the honest answer rather than a patch.
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AfterDuraFlex Service Pricing in Maywood
DuraFlex chimney cleaning in Maywood typically falls between $180 and $340 for a standard single-flue sweep with inspection, though most two-flat jobs run higher because there are two or three flues in the stack, not one. A Level 2 camera inspection adds cost, and it’s worth it on any Maywood chimney that hasn’t been scoped in years. A full DuraFlex reline is a different animal, usually priced per linear foot and driven by chase height, access, and how much reaming the original clay tile needs. We provide a written estimate before any repair or reline work begins, and nothing gets recommended without camera evidence you can look at yourself. Call (866) 361-2607 for an exact quote on your Maywood stack.
Serving Maywood, IL — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Maywood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – DuraFlex Chimney Cleaning in Maywood
We inspect and camera every flue in the shared chase before doing any work, because the furnace flue with a DuraFlex liner is only one part of the system. If the fireplace flue is uncapped, unused, or lined with cracked original clay tile, that affects how we assess the whole chimney. We can clean and service the DuraFlex flue independently, but we won’t call the chimney clean until we know what’s happening in the flues beside it.
Almost always. Original clay tile in a Maywood bungalow has usually shifted, cracked, or offset over the decades, and a DuraFlex liner needs a clear, reasonably smooth chase to install without crushing or kinking at the transition. We ream the clay tile when necessary, and we camera the chase after to confirm the liner isn’t pinched. Skipping that step is why some older Maywood installs draft poorly and need correction later.
Freeze-thaw cycles have likely spalled the crown mortar beneath the top plate. Once the crown is compromised, the top plate loosens, rain runs down the outside of the liner, and the staining starts. The fix is resetting the crown, re-seating the top plate, and re-terminating the DuraFlex assembly so water stays out of the chase. Call (866) 361-2607 for an inspection, and we’ll show you the spalling on camera before quoting the repair.
It depends on the condition of the stainless and where the failure sits. We repair liner sections and re-seat disengaged joints when the steel is sound and the offset hasn’t crushed the liner. If the liner is rusted through from years of moisture ingress, or if it’s separated in a way that compromises the assembly, a full reline is usually the only honest fix. We’ll show you the camera footage either way.
Yes, and not just for the obvious reasons. A capped, unused flue on a Maywood two-flat has often been home to raccoons or chimney swifts, and the original clay tile behind that cap may have spalled or collapsed out of sight. Before you light a fire in that fireplace, we’d camera the flue, check the cap and crown, and confirm the stack isn’t shared with a furnace flue in a way that affects how we proceed. Call (866) 361-2607 and we’ll get it scoped.
Service Areas Near Maywood
While Maywood is home base for much of our work, we also serve homeowners in Cicero, Berwyn, North Lawndale, South Lawndale, Stickney, and West Garfield Park. For those west of the village, see our DuraFlex service in Brookfield page. For city neighborhoods just to the east, we cover DuraFlex service in West Town as well.
Book Your DuraFlex Service in Maywood Today
If you own a two-flat or bungalow in Maywood with a DuraFlex liner or an original masonry chimney that needs a closer look, call (866) 361-2607 — we also handle Forest Park DuraFlex service and nearby communities. We’ll schedule an inspection, camera the flues that matter, and give you a straight answer on what needs doing and what can wait.
Written by Norm Sulecki, Owner at Wexford Chimney Sweep, serving Maywood and the western suburbs for nearly two decades.