French's Chimney Restoration

Description of Work: Paul French is a total professional with superb knowledge & expertise in chimney restoration & function. My late Mother's home in Chattanooga, TN was under contract, and the buyers wanted the chimney inspected. I had one inspection done by a rude person from a company that just wanted to find numerous "problems" to jack up the price by thousands. I contacted Angie's List for references of chimney inspectors in Chattanooga, and one of those referrals was French's Chimney Restoration. Paul came to inspect the chimney's cleanliness and structure. He found the problem the buyers were concerned about and gave me his fair price to fix the bricks on the exterior of the chimney above the roof. Unfortunately, he was working on a 2-month project in Nashville, TN, and wouldn't be able to do my project until mid-summer, well after the buyers moved in. However, 10 days later he was back home for Memorial Day, and called to see if he could do my chimney work while he was in town. Wow, what a considerate man! It took him several hours to replace several bricks, redo some mortar, and repair the chimney cap. He did a beautiful job and was a pleasure to know. He obviously thinks of his customers' concerns and finds a reasonable way to help them out. Paul French has my highest praise and respect for a job extremely well done! S. Hammond

Description of Work: Followed after another chimney guy who did a bad job refurbishing my 3 flume chimney. Frenches gave an estimate for refurbishing liner and putting a crown on the chimney. He put my aluminum liner back in the chimney and put a temporary aluminum crown on the top until he could fit me in to his schedule. He has not been able to fit me in for over a year due to large projects and health problems. The last time I got him to answer his phone he said he would have my chimney done before winter set in this year.

Description of Work: We set an appointment with Paul French to come and check a leak in our chimney. Paul came out and inspected our chimney and went over the repairs he recommended and the cost would be approximately $3,000. He said it may be several weeks before he could get started. I was to discuss the repairs and call him back to schedule a start date. I have left a couple of messages and he has yet to return my calls.

Description of Work: Replaced metal pipes to my wood stove. Moved and cleaned wood stove. Cleaned and inspected chimney.

Description of Work: - removed and rebuilt three hearths and fireplaces- removed and rebuilt chimneys from the roof up- put on two chimney caps and four chimney pots (four flues total)- lined all chimney's with "golden flue"

Description of Work: Inspect & clean chimney & fireplace. Replaced thermocoupler and sand/gravel beneath logs. Installed cap on top of chimney. Removed huge squirrel nest from inside chimney.

Description of Work: Chimney cleaned. Assessment of chimney status from top to bottom.

Description of Work: I just moved to this area was am so excited to be using Angie's List. We need to have some electrical work and chimney work done quickly. The electric company has been great but this Chimney Sweep has not returned any calls.

Description of Work: I have a house with 2 fire places (1 upstairs and 1 downstairs). Fire place 1: cleaned chimney installed a gas blocking plate in the fireplace installed a flue block plate at the top of the chimney to make sure no animals or debree falls into the chimney ran a natural gas line into the fireplace from the kitchen through the basement installed ventless gas log set Fire place 2: cleaned chimney (had never been done before by previous owners, removed 7x5 gallon buckets of creosote!!) cut a hole in the chimney cap (is made of heave stone so had to be done to also clean from the top) and added a removable metal plate over hole removed old flue re-bricked part where flue came out, did not install a replacement flue but will do it once i use chemicals to remove any remaining creosote that he just could not remove due to the shape of the chimney and the fact that this creosote had been building up for 50 years added a screen to keep animals and debris out of chimney by stone cap left me with 7 gallons of chemicals that i will need to use when i build fires to remove remaining creosote They are coming back at the beginning of next season to clean out the creosote that the chemicals loosened up and will then install the flue. (flue installed later because that way the loose creosote has a place to go and won't get stuck behind it) Misc: ran gas line to my dryer as we have a gas dryer. Left 2 capped T joints so I have the option of converting the downstairs to gas logs and also option of running gas to my grill should I ever choose to do that in the future.

Description of Work: Built crown, replaced chimney cap, replaced flashing & damaged roof, fixed broken damper, cleaned chimney, leveled fireplace floor.

Description of Work: My house was remodled in 1990 but the chimney was built in 1935. It is all stone, two sided with two separate fire boxes. One is woodburning and the other is gas. It never had a liner and had provided many years of service. However, in 2007 I had a chimney fire. I was told by several companies to not use the fireplace any longer or else risk a serious house fire. One company tried to sell me a steel liner but I knew that with the use that I give my fireplace, this would not be satisfactory. Another chimney company said that what I needed was a poured liner. I'd read about this but didn't hope that there was someone in my area who was trained in this method. I was wrong. This company told me about Paul French. Paul French installed the "Golden Flue" system (www.goldenflue.com). Visit the web site for more detail. My job required taking out both existing fireboxes and the center chimney divider that ran about 6 feet from floor up. They then cleaned the central shaft and patched it with a fireproof compound. They installed a fantastic lighter system for the wood side and replaced the gas pipe to the gas side. They replaced it with a proper cast iron system. They then poured the new dual lumen flue. Paul beautifully rebuilt the fireboxes, installed new custom made dampers, they repointed the chimney, and flashed it with copper flashing. They poured a new chimney top, stained it to match the stone and topped it off with a custom copper chimney cap. Because of the chimney fire, Paul provided detailed information to my hojmeowner's insurance and helped to act a go between. Finally, Paul installed new fireplace doors and a new set of gas fire logs in the gas fireplace. The new wood burning fireplace draws beautifully, and is now completely safe.

Description of Work: We initially contacted companies to sweep our chimneys, only to find that one had a crack in it. Paul French repaired the chimney, brought the fireplaces up to current code, and swept them. He also helped us get our insurance company to acknowledge that the crack was the result of a chimney fire and help pay for the repairs.