15 employees. No subs. No travel fees on chimney sweep. Certified chimney sweeps. We also work with roofing, gutters, and chimneys. Cost determined by the job. Family owned & operated.
They had great customer service. They were timely and professional. They did good work. The price was also good and competitive.
Description of Work: I used Karl Mattes for chimney cleaning and tuckpointing of the chimney brick.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$175
Lana S.
05/2011
5.0
roofing
 + -1 more
I would highly recommend Karl Mattes Co Inc. I thought they were excellent. The workers did a perfect job in fixing the leak. They were very efficient. They were very professional. They were very punctual. Their prices were reasonable. They were prompt. They were thorough. It was a great experience overall. I would absolutely use them again in the future.
Description of Work: I hired Karl Mattes Co Inc in March. They had to repair the shingles to fix a leak in our roof.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$89
LINDA M.
05/2011
5.0
fireplaces
 + -1 more
They did a great job. They explained everything to me. They were very clean and careful.
Description of Work: They had to pintuck and repair the fireplace. There was other safety things done as well.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$600
Karri H.
04/2011
5.0
chimney sweep, chimney repair, fireplaces
 + 1 more
The service was excellent. They were prompt and courteous and knew what they were doing.
Description of Work: They completely overhauled our existing wood burning fireplace.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,000
Jennifer P.
04/2011
5.0
chimney sweep
 + -1 more
He showed up on time after a couple of promptly returned phone calls. Inspected neatly and quickly, gave recommendations for future work and offered to replace my damper at a reasonable price at a future date. He found the correct damper and was able to replace it within the week. I was VERY happy.
Description of Work: Chimney sweep, inspection and replacement of damper.
Have used this company several times in the last ten years. Expensive, but deserve their reputation as the best in the business. Other contractors have commented favorably on the quality of Matttes' work. Very responsive. When I had a gas leak, Karl Jr. came out immediately and did not charge for the 5:00 pm Saturday visit.
Description of Work: Chimney cleaning, chimney cap, flashing, consultation, tuck pointing etc.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$4,000
Roxanne P.
03/2011
4.0
roofing
 + -1 more
The roofers who are actual employees of Karl Mattes Co., Inc. for 20 years. They, usually 4 men, arrived everyday on time at 8:30am unti 3:30pm. The job took longer(4 days) since there was more warped plywood that needed replacing once they tore off the 2 layers of existing roof. They were all pleasant and worked hard and took 30 minutes for lunch. We negotiated the plywood price down since that price was higher than originally planned. I have called the company for a couple of concerns, almost a year later and Karl Mattes Jr. came over, no questions asked and inspected the roof, which there were no problems. What I respected about Mr. Mattes is that he stood behing the guarantee( behind the work/ roof) and and explained why there were spots on a bedroom ceiling that I had concerns about and re-caulked the chimney flashing and nailed down some nail pops. We had had very heavy rains and I wasn't sure when the ceiling spots had occurred. Mr. Mattes, Jr. told me that his company does not run away from problems and to call anytime. I really felt confident in that statement since he had already inspected the roof twice after I called the company.
Description of Work: Tear off 2 layers and haul away all layers. Install snow and ice guard at all gutter lines. Installed roof, after replacing 200 sq. feet of warped plywood as well as tar paper on the entire roof prior to roofing. Roof with 25 year, self-sealing, class-A, 3-tab, fiberglass asphalt, alge resistant shingles. Installed new chimney flashings(28 gauge tin). Replace existing static vents using Lomanco 750 style roof vents. Install new plumbing vent flashings. Paint all vents and flashings. Clean gutters. Shingles were Owens Corning and the color was Driftwood.
They are the most knowledgeable chimney people. They have an excellent reputation here, in the city for a lot of things, such as chimney tuck-pointing, lots of things for chimneys. They also looked at our box gutters. They do excellent work but are known to be expensive, so we got other estimates on the box gutters, as well. We think of them more as chimney. They would probably do excellent work on the box gutters but we wanted someone else to take a look at that. They are extremely professional. They have a great reputation and rightfully so. They are good at what they do. They are very knowledgeable, especially in regards to chimneys and fireplaces. The house that we have has four chimneys, so we definitely needed their assistance in letting us know what we were looking at. It was also nice that at the same time they were able to look at the box gutters and roof, all in one service call.
Description of Work: When we were thinking about buying a house, we had Karl Mattes come out and check on the chimney for us. We ended up buying the house, but we wanted to see if they could get the chimneys and fireplaces working and stuff like that. They just gave us an estimate of what they thought would need to be done. They quoted us about $2000 per fireplace to get it working.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
BETH C.
01/2011
5.0
chimney sweep
 + -1 more
They are a group of good men who do a good service. They are very reliable.
Description of Work: He sweeps my chimney every year.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$180
William W.
01/2011
3.0
chimney sweep, chimney repair
 + 0 more
The cleaning was done fine and they cleaned up fine as well. The issue is that we asked them to look at the inside of our fireplace and the tuck-points on the outside of the chimney. We are thinking of selling our home and wanted to have this looked at in case an inspector found something. The person proceeded to hit the outside of our chimney with a hammer until a brick broke! I was furious. He also pulled a brick out from the inside of our fireplace. He told us the fireplace should not be used and was a hazard. Since then i had another opinion and this was all (in my opinion) an attempt to have us spend a lot of money to repair things that did not need repairing. He sent us an estimate for $1,800 to fix everything, including the brick he broke off. I repaired the inside of the fireplace myself for about $20 (needed to have a couple bricks reset). The outside of the chimney is fine. We have used it all winter without issue.
Description of Work: They completed a chimney sweep/cleaning and provided an inspection and estimate for any repairs to the fireplace and chimney.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
3.0
professionalism
2.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0
$85
Response from Karl Mattes Co Inc
This gentleman has the wrong company in mind. According to our records we were never at his house in 2010.
Guy C.
01/2011
5.0
chimney repair
 + -1 more
They were able to accomplish the job on time, they met the price that was quoted and they did excellent work.
Description of Work: They rebuilt the chimney.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Jamie G.
01/2011
5.0
chimney repair
 + -1 more
They were great, they came in on budget and I would recommend them.
Description of Work: They repaired our chimney.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,300
JAN H.
12/2010
5.0
roofing, replacement windows, woodworking
 + 1 more
They took off the old roof and rebuilt it around the windows as we had a very bad design. They also installed a ridge vent. The owner of the company was here almost every day to check on the crew. Everybody was polite and behaved well. It was wonderful to have them here. They gave us all the options we had, and they were absolutely wonderful. They were here when they said they'd be here. They were excellent. Their cleanup was excellent too. It took them a long time to rebuild nine windows. There were really careful with a lot of things.
Description of Work: We used Karl Mattes Co Inc. for roofing. Our family has been using them for years.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$20,000
Michelle M.
10/2010
5.0
chimney caps, fireplaces
 + 0 more
Everything went beautifully! Mr. Mattes came for the estimate right on time. The information he provided was based on experience and was well explained. His estimate came in very reasonably priced and was less than half of another competitors bid. The men who came to do the work were all very polite, did their job, cleaned up and left. They were able to perform the job without building scaffolding in our case. (A competitor stated scaffold was a must for him ... which may have accounted for the huge price difference.) They came back to remove forms and placed the covers at a later time. Again, very professional and quick. We are very pleased with the work and wouldn't hesitate to have Mr. Mattes work on our home again.
Description of Work: New concrete caps were installed around new flue pipe tops. They also installed new stainless steel flue pipe covers with screening and a top to shield the area from weather. (2 Chimneys had the same work done on each.)
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,100
Barbara C.
10/2010
5.0
roofing, chimney caps, chimney repair
 + 1 more
I thought they did a good job. They were very clean and neat. My wife and I were impressed. The paperwork included the certificate of workers compensation. When he looked at the chimney, he recommended that I contact a foundation repair company and did not charge me for that visit. When they installed the shingles, I was impressed that they use roofing nails, which I prefer over air guns since those can be used incorrectly if you do not apply the correct amount of pressure. I have recommended them to my neighbors.
Description of Work: I used them several years ago to cap my chimney. Recently they put shingles on my house, which involved removing the old shingles, putting tar paper down (which the house did not have on before), and installing the new Owens Corning Premium duration shingles. They also put snow guard down above the gutters and in the valleys. He came back later to look at a chimney problem that I have.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$9,885
Debra H.
09/2010
5.0
roofing, chimney repair
 + 0 more
They were great and did a great job. They were very professional and they let us know what they were doing. We had gotten quotes from other people. They absolutely seemed like they were not trying to cheat us like some other people.
Description of Work: We used Karl Mattes Company because we had some problems with our roof and chimney and he repaired both.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$4,600
Allen M.
08/2010
5.0
roofing, chimney caps
 + 0 more
This is my second experience with Karl Mattes and they proved to be very reliable and fair. My first experience involved getting an estimate to fix a leak which damaged my living room ceiling. Three other roofing well regarded companies quoted over $3000 for major chimney reflashing. Karl Jr. fixed a loose shingle while on the roof for the estimate and for $90, fixed the issue. That honesty won him additional work from me.
Description of Work: I had a section of roof repaired where the sheething had sagged under the shingles in addition to several misc. shingles replaced. They also painted my chimney cap as part of routine maintenance.
Excellent service. I did have to wait a month for their services, but they had said it would take about that long. I just wished they would have called me when I sent in the contract to let me know that they received it and that it would take that long before the work started. Karl came to the house to introduce himself since I was not able to be at the house when he looked at the work to be done. I appreciated this. The men who worked for him were very polite, respectful of my property and cleaned up very well afterwards, considering how dusty the work was. I am amazed that payment is not due until a month after the work is complete to make sure I am pleased with what was done. The work they did looked great. They matched up the mortar to my house very well.
Description of Work: This company repaired a decorative arch/doorway on the side of my house. It had loose bricks that I could pull out from the center. They repaired those and did a lot of tuckpointing on the arch. They also found that my one chimney was not sealed appropriately so they repaired that so birds could not nest in it. They also repaired another chimney that had loose bricks and needed a chimney cap
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,900
DOUGLAS T.
04/2010
5.0
masonry, chimney caps, chimney repair
 + 1 more
Other companies I talked to said they couldn't do the job because the bricks around the ones being replaced would shatter. Mattes never said that. They did an outstanding job. They set up scaffolding to do the job. They were very friendly, but also very professional when doing the work. They cleaned up after themselves, I am picky and I went out to check and there wasn't a single piece of brick laying on the ground. It was all policed up quite well. Mattes agreed to do what I wanted to have done and didn't offer any excuses for why it couldn't be or try to change my thinking. They just did the job and I appreciated it. Whatever they said they were going to do and in the time they said - they were there and at work. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to any of my friends for masonry work.
Description of Work: Karl Mattes replaced some bricks around my chimney. They replaced 15 altogether, repaired the crown around the top and put a new cap on to keep birds out. They gave it two coats of waterproofing, too.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,100
EILEEN AND WILLIAM W.
04/2010
5.0
masonry, fireplaces
 + 0 more
We needed the work done quickly prior to closing on the sale of our house. The company called us back very quickly with an estimate of the cost of the work based on the phone description. They scheduled an appointment within a couple of days. We had some miscommunication at first as the repairman thought he was only giving us an estimate of the work to be done after seeing the damage. We explained we needed repair quickly and thought he was there to do the repair. He got on the phone with the company office, explained the situation, and was able to have a replacement refractor part ordered right away. The company then rescheduled the repair appointment for a few days later. They were on time and the work was done well and quickly. They also sent us a receipt for the work done more quickly than their usual time frame so we would be able to provide proof of the repair to our buyer. We appreciated the company working with us to quickly resolve the miscommunication about the purpose of the initial appointment.
Description of Work: Replaced a cracked fireplace refractor panel.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$300
david K.
04/2010
5.0
fireplaces
 + -1 more
He was pleasant and cheerful and very knowledgeable. He explained my options in detail, gave me ballpark estimates, and answered all my questions. There was no hard sell but an honest attempt to outline the possibilities and the costs.
Description of Work: Came out to give me an estimate on redoing my fireplace with masonry so I could install a wood burning stove.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Donald F.
03/2010
5.0
roofing
 + -1 more
It went really well. They were outstanding and did an awesome job.
Description of Work: I used Karl Mattes Co Inc. to install a new roof on a section of my house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,600
LINDA F.
02/2010
4.0
chimney sweep
 + -1 more
They were very prompt making the appointment, and they showed up as promised on the day scheduled. They were probably at my house about 30 minutes. The charge seemed like a lot for the small amount of time it took to clean the chimney. My screen was detached from the pull, and I was surprised he didn't offer to fix it. After all the glowing reviews of this company I was somewhat disappointed.
Description of Work: Chimney was cleaned
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
3.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$159.75
Janet K.
02/2010
5.0
chimney sweep
 + -1 more
They cleaned the chimney really well. I'm not sure that it had been cleaned in years. They did a very good job.
Description of Work: They cleaned the chimney.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$159.75
Erin N.
12/2009
4.0
chimney repair
 + -1 more
I think they did a fairly decent job. It was a minor job, but needed to be done my someone with the appropriate ladders.
Description of Work: Karl Mattes reattached the top of our chimney that had blown off by the wind.
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Service Categories
Chimney Sweep,
Chimney Repair,
Roofing,
Fireplaces,
Chimney Caps,
Masonry,
Gutters,
Pressure Washing,
Gutter Cleaning,
Roof Cleaning,
Exterior Painting,
Finished Carpentry and Woodworking
FAQ
Karl Mattes Co Inc is currently rated 4.9 overall out of 5.
Sunday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Karl Mattes Co Inc accepts the following forms of payment: Check
Yes, Karl Mattes Co Inc offers free project estimates.
Yes, Karl Mattes Co Inc offers eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Karl Mattes Co Inc does not offer a senior discount.
No, Karl Mattes Co Inc does not offer emergency services.
Yes, Karl Mattes Co Inc offers warranties.
Karl Mattes Co Inc offers the following services: Fireplace & chimney repair, chimney rebuild, chimney caps & screens, chimney/fireplace remodel, chimney/fireplace reline & sweep, complete roofing & gutter services, & fireplace accessories.