The $59 inspection is the way in, and it’s deductible. If you go ahead with the work it finds, the $59 comes off the job price, so you’re not paying for both. You only pay it on its own if you decide not to move forward. Call (916) 833-2959, 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, and ask for it.
What’s different about a Nevada City chimney
Most of the town’s older core and the streets heading off the highway still run an original masonry chimney. That’s the first thing. A forty- or fifty-year-old brick stack has been through winters a ten-year-old prefab unit never has, and it fails in a different way when it fails. The trouble shows up in the mortar joints, the crown, and the flashing, not in the metal.
The second thing is the forest. Nevada City sits in heavy conifer country, and the trees do two kinds of damage. Needle litter falls into an open flue, and pine sap holds moisture against the cap mesh long after the rain has stopped. A cap that comes down rusted up here usually rusted from sitting under the trees, not from age. From the ground you can’t tell which.
The third thing is the wood heat. Up here the fireplace is the furnace for a good part of the winter, and daily burning from November through March lays down roughly ten times the creosote a valley fireplace lit a few times a season does. That’s the reason a Nevada City chimney and a Sacramento chimney aren’t on the same sweep schedule.
What we do in this town
Most visits start with the annual chimney sweep, the one that clears last winter’s creosote before a fresh flame meets it. That’s the job most Nevada City homes need most years, and the inspection runs alongside it. I hold CSLB #1150991, C-29 Masonry, and it’s me on every visit, not a rotation of names.
When something’s actually broken, like a cracked crown, mortar starting to crumble on an old masonry stack, or flashing that’s pulled away, that’s chimney repair in Sacramento work, and it’s the same masonry repair I do everywhere in the county. It gets looked at properly, not patched. If you’re not sure whether the chimney needs anything at all, book the inspection and find out when you need a chimney inspection before you burn. That answer is the point of the visit, and it’s cheaper than guessing wrong in either direction.
Dryer vents get their share of use here too, and dryer duct cleaning is a separate job from the chimney. A lot of homes need it long before the flue does, and the $59 dryer vent inspection answers that question the same way the chimney inspection answers its own.
What a visit looks like
The visit is one truck and one man, and it runs the same way it runs everywhere in the county. The flue gets cleaned top down, and while I’m on the roof the cap, the crown, and the flashing get the same look the flue does. When it’s over you get a plain answer about what the chimney needs this year and what can wait until later.
What it costs
The price doesn’t change because the street is in Nevada City. It changes because of what’s actually wrong with the chimney, and that’s exactly what the $59 inspection settles. Six jobs carry a starting price; everything else gets quoted in person after I’ve seen the chimney.
| Job | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Chimney inspection | $59, credited to the job if you go ahead |
| Basic chimney cleaning | from $199 |
| Chimney cap installation | from $350 |
| Chimney crown rebuild | from $350 |
| Dryer vent inspection | $59 |
| Dryer vent cleaning | from $150 |
Anything bigger, like a liner or masonry repair above the roofline, gets priced on site and never guessed at over the phone. The full list, and what moves those numbers up or down, is on our published prices. And the inspection stays deductible: it’s credited against the job if you go ahead, charged on its own only if you don’t. Call (916) 833-2959, 7am to 7pm, seven days, and ask for the $59 inspection.
Nearby towns we also cover
Grass Valley sits a few miles down the highway, and the same week that covers Nevada City covers it too. If you want the numbers before you call, read what a chimney sweep costs in Grass Valley on the county page. The prices are the same there because pricing doesn’t change by town. Penn Valley, Truckee, and the smaller communities off the highway are all in range. Say where you are when you call.
Proof, honestly
Google has the business at 4.95 across 62 reviews, and Michael answers every single one himself. He’s also the only technician, so the man who reads those reviews is the man who shows up at your door. The write-ups are on our review page; read them before you book and judge the work the way any other homeowner around here did.
When you don’t need to call
Not every Nevada City chimney needs the full sweep every year. If last year’s inspection came back clean and only a handful of fires have burned since, this winter’s buildup probably isn’t worth a service call yet. The $59 inspection settles it either way, and it’s cheaper than guessing.
Questions I get about Nevada City chimneys
Is the $59 inspection really deductible?
Yes. If you go ahead with the work the inspection finds, the $59 comes off the job price, so you’re not paying for both. You only pay it on its own if you decide not to move forward.
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If it’s been a while since anyone looked at your Nevada City chimney, start with the $59 inspection. It’s deductible against the job if you go ahead, so finding out what’s wrong costs you nothing unless you stop there. Call (916) 833-2959, 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, and ask for it by name. Or book a chimney sweep online if that’s how you’d rather start.