Towns we cover in Placer County
Ten towns share this page instead of getting one of their own. Every town on this site earns its own page the same way: a job photo taken there, a review from someone who lives there, a real structural fact about the housing. Most of Placer County hasn’t cleared all three yet. This page is where they live until they do.
Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis, Granite Bay, Newcastle, and Penryn sit on the valley floor. Most of it went up after 1990, with sealed gas fireplaces instead of open masonry. chimney repair in Roseville calls are more often about a chase cover or a gas insert than a brick stack. The dryer vent is usually the bigger job. A second-floor laundry room feeding a long attic duct run is common enough that what a chimney sweep costs in Rocklin gets asked in the same call as a dryer vent quote.
chimney sweep Lincoln and chimney sweep Loomis run the same pattern further out. Granite Bay tends to run bigger, sometimes more than one fireplace under one roof, which is what chimney sweep Granite Bay visits usually turn into. Newcastle and Penryn sit in between, older orchard country filling in with newer construction. chimney sweep Newcastle and chimney sweep Penryn see a mix of both.
Head northeast and the county climbs fast. Auburn sits close enough to that transition that a lot of its calls already run the foothill way, and chimney sweep in Auburn, CA reflects it. Further up, chimney sweep Colfax and chimney sweep Foresthill both sit where wood is the primary heat, not an occasional fire. A house burning daily from November through March builds roughly ten times the creosote load of a valley fireplace lit four or five nights a season. That’s why it earns its keep here.
What’s different about a chimney sweep in Placer County
One county, two different jobs. That’s the short version.
Down in Roseville or Rocklin, most of what I open up is a sealed gas insert or a metal chase, not brick. The chimney itself rarely needs a sweep. What brings me out there is a dryer vent. A second-floor laundry room dumping into a long attic run is standard construction in newer Placer County builds, and lint doesn’t care whether the house is ten years old or thirty.
Up in Colfax or Foresthill, the fireplace is the heat, not a backdrop. A house burning daily from November through March works that flue hard every winter, and skipping a season shows up fast as a heavier glaze on the liner. Same county, same license. Two different reasons to pick up the phone.
What it costs
| Service | Starting price |
|---|---|
| Chimney inspection | $59, deductible against the job |
| Basic chimney cleaning | from $199 |
| Chimney cap installation | from $350 |
| Chimney crown rebuild | from $350 |
| Dryer vent inspection | $59 |
| Dryer vent cleaning | from $150 |
That’s what our services cost for jobs with a starting number attached. Everything past that list, a liner, a rebuild, tuckpointing, a full duct system, gets priced in person once I’ve actually looked. A flue you can’t see from the ground can hide four different problems at four different prices, and guessing one over the phone is how a lot of chimney companies earn their reputation.
That’s what the $59 inspection tells you. Call (916) 833-2959, 7am to 7pm, seven days a week. It comes off the job if you go ahead with the work.
What we do in Placer County
Most calls start with an inspection and go one of three ways: a clean if the flue’s just dirty, a repair if the cap or crown has failed, or nothing further if it comes back clean. A chimney inspection is the $59 visit that tells you which one you’re looking at, whether you called about a smell, a stain, or just wanted it checked before the wood stove gets lit.
Sometimes the flue’s just built up. That’s an annual chimney sweep, worth booking before the wet season in the foothill towns, not after the first storm finds the leak. If the crown’s cracked or the cap’s rusted through, that’s chimney repair services.
Cap installation and crown rebuild are the two repairs I’ll quote a starting price for without seeing the job first. Every job carries CSLB #1150991, C-29 Masonry. It’s Michael on the roof either way, not a dispatcher.
When you don’t need us out this year
If you’re in Roseville, Rocklin, or Lincoln and last year’s inspection came back clean with only a handful of fires since, this winter probably doesn’t need a service call yet. Get it inspected again before assuming you need a sweep. The $59 tells you plainly either way, and it’s cheaper than a sweep you didn’t need.
The exception is the foothill side. If you’re heating with wood daily through the winter in Auburn, Colfax, or Foresthill, that’s a different burn rate, and it earns an annual sweep on its own, clean-looking flue or not.
Reviews from Placer County towns
Three towns in Placer County have a review naming them, and I’ll say exactly that, no more. A Roseville customer left a five-star review after a sweep and inspection, calling the visit fast and honest. A Lincoln customer reviewed a dryer vent inspection and cleaning, and mentioned Michael showed up promptly with before-and-after photos. A Loomis customer reviewed a wood stove job, flue, firebox, cap, and spark arrestor, all in one visit, and said they’d recommend it.
That’s three towns, three real reviews. The rest of the county doesn’t have one yet, so I’m not writing “our many happy customers” into a town that’s never left a word. Read our customer reviews straight off Google, same as I do.
Getting to you
There’s no fixed route by town in Placer County.
No set day of the week, either. One truck covers five counties out of Nevada City, and the week books around whatever’s already scheduled nearby. If your town isn’t on the list above, call and ask; coverage runs wider than ten names.
Frequently asked questions
What towns in Placer County do you serve?
Ten towns get named on this page: Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis, Granite Bay, Newcastle, Penryn, Auburn, Colfax, and Foresthill. Coverage runs wider than that list. If your town isn’t named, call (916) 833-2959 and ask before assuming you’re out of range.
Do you come to Placer County on a set day every week?
No. There’s no fixed route by town anywhere in the five-county service area, and no rotating schedule to plan around. Michael books the week around whatever’s already scheduled nearby, which Scheduling depends on the current calendar.
Does elevation change how often my chimney needs a sweep?
Yes. In the valley towns, most fireplaces get lit a handful of nights a season and the flue barely builds up. Up toward Colfax and Foresthill, wood is the primary heat, and a chimney burning daily all winter needs looking at every year.
Is the $59 inspection actually deductible?
Yes. If you go ahead with whatever work the inspection turns up, the $59 comes off the price of that job, so you’re not paying for both. You only pay the $59 on its own if you decide not to move forward with the work.
How much does chimney repair cost in Placer County?
Cap installation and crown rebuild both start at $350. Everything bigger, a liner, a rebuild, tuckpointing, or a full duct system, gets priced in person, because the real cost depends on what’s actually failed, not on which town the house happens to sit in.
One truck, one technician, ten towns named here and more that aren’t. The $59 inspection is still the fastest way to find out what’s going on with your chimney before you spend another dollar on it. Call (916) 833-2959 and ask for it, 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, from Roseville to Foresthill.