Absolute Chimney Experts

Professional, punctual and competitively priced. Matt returned my calls promptly, and when he came to the house he examined the issues I was having and explained the causes and remedies. He gave me a few options and he and his assistant were super professional. The work was clean, the area draped and they left no debris behind. I will continue to use his services and would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone.
Thanks Matt!

My experience with Matt was extremely positive from start to finish. For the initial assessment, he arrived when he said he would, assessed my fireplace and chimney, and advised me regarding what should be done to maintain it. On the day we scheduled the work, he arrived when he said he would, completed the work as agreed, and left no mess behind. He was efficient, congenial, knowledgeable, and professional. I could not be more pleased.

The reviews are true! Matt is great. Now that I’ve met him I see no need to shop around. He was prompt, even called to see if he could come early as he was ahead of schedule. I am a new home owner so my fireplace is new to me as well. Matt took the time to educate me about how it works, maintenance, things to keep an eye on. And he left my house as clean as it was before he came. Highly recommended!

I just uploaded a picture of their website which hopefully with help you. I am only basing this on two phone conversations I had with Matt. Here is the problem I had, I recently bought a house and the home inspector told us we had a chimney problem and it was causing a leak in our house. I called Matt and sent him an email with the details asking for a free estimate as he advertised on his webpage, he called back the next day. He told me that I probably didn’t have a chimney problem, and that he didn’t do free estimates, I asked about the webpage, and he was like that is old and outdated, and that I needed to pay for him to come out and inspect the chimney. I just had the chimney inspected by the home inspector, and I thought his webpage was bait and switch it isn’t fair you advertise one thing and then don’t offer it. He told me he is honest and forthright and everyone loves him because he always tells people before he charges them, to which I said except on your webpage. He got upset and told me to stop haranguing him. I think it’s a consumer protection issue, you can’t advertise things you don’t offer, if you advertise something you should uphold your offer especially when it is on your webpage.

Matt was quick to respond d and quick to come over and take care of my chimney repair, adding cap to my flue and cleaning. Wonderful service

Would hire again. I’ve hired ACE Chimney twice in the past two years to sweep my chimney. Responsive, timely, and reasonably priced. I have a prefabricated chimney (not masonry) that Matt and his assistant Drew swept in about 45 minutes. Also climbed on the roof to ensure my chimney spark arrestor and crown were intact. Matt had some recommendations for me to improve my fireplace which I appreciate. He also took the time to show me how to take the doors off my fireplace so I can overhaul them rather than spending a lot of money to replace.

Matt Bonafair replied to my initial email promptly, quoted a good price, turned up on time with his assistant, and completed the job of cleaning my chimney and dryer-​vent in a prompt and professional manner.
Afterwards he went over with me what they had found and done, and what additional work was recommended, of which I already knew about. I could not have asked for a better service and fully recommend these guys.

It is not often you give a 5 star review when you didn’t even meet the person or do business with the company you are reviewing. In this case, however, Matt fully deserves this rating.
We are renovating a property and needed help with a chimney our architect deemed in need of repair. We were juggling 4 different schedules, including Matt, for a unified GC meeting and in the confusion Matt was not able to make the date as he thought it was for a day earlier. All in all a very unfortunate situation.
The reason for the 5-​star review is due to Matt’s professionalism and absolute flexibility in trying to make this appointment. He moved things around and really tried to accommodate us. In the end, although we missed working together, he was courteous and I wouldn’t hesitate to try again with him.

Who knew you could call a chimney sweep to clean out your dryer vent? Matt was a rockstar and gave us a same-​day appointment because of a cancellation in his schedule.
We have one of those dryer vents that goes up to the roof. All my prior experience was venting straight through a wall to the outside, easy peasy, keep it from getting sleazy. Roof venting was a whole new game, and one I’m not excited to play. Could we have done this ourselves? Probably. But I don’t own a roof ladder and from what I can tell, a good ladder costs about the same as the clean-​out job ($ 130 and change).
Here’s what I know: Matt came out, got up on the roof, cleaned the screen, cleaned the vent, and reattached our dryer duct to the wall. And now our dryer hums along like the happy robot it always wanted to be, chirp chirp your clothing is dry. Nothing in the laundry room was scratched or damaged and he did the job as advertised. Sweet.

Great service. Matt was very knowledgeable and took the time to explain everything about chimneys. Matt even came out on a day he normally would take off to complete the repairs that were needed. Awesome service. I would definitely use A.C.E. Chimney Sweep again for any type of chimney cleaning or repair.

On the Monday before Thanksgiving I call this guy without a doubt in my mind he will be scheduling me for at least 3 weeks out. Much to my surprise he said that he was booked for two weeks, but took a second to check what area I was in and what his day looked like. We happened to be in the same area (genius salesman or sheer luck, you decide) and he could make it in about 1 hr. He estimated his arrival and was accurate to within 5 minutes. He arrived and took care of all our needs — describing the type of fireplace we have, why we might have smelled a weird odor in the past, and options for our gas lighting wood fireplace.
I have to say, after about 30 minutes of work, friendly advice, and efficient service, I highly recommend them. Get that romantic fireplace back into your life!

All was great! He was ontime and had good responsive on my requests.

This company is excellent, from the first contact to the finish of the job. MB did an excellent job and went beyond what was expected. When I asked him if he could clean my dryer vent, he notices that the dryer vent was squashed and said he could fix. And yes, he did. I was impressed that he even brought it to my attention. This guy is easy and professional, I recommend him highly and will definitely have him do work for me in the future. Thank you for the great service!!!

Matt knows more about chimneys than any living soul I know. He is an absolute expert, thus, his business moniker. He is passionate about getting down and dirty. Sweaty and sooty. Filthy and funky. Matt could easily be voted Mr. Congeniality in the Mr. Chimney Sweep competition.
But what you really need to know is that Matt will happily inspect, clean and give you perfect advice on what you need going forward for your chimney and fireplace. «Well, here’s one problem,» he said as he picked up a long rusty object. Our burner had simply rusted off our gas fireplace.
After researching fireplaces on Amazon and getting Matt’s blessings, we made a quick purchase and Matt took care of the installation. He does not sell fireplaces but he specifically advises not to get the fancy schmancy fireplace with all the extra whistles and bells which eventually stop working.

I found ACE on Unilocal and I agree with all the positive reviews. We had never used the fireplaces at the house we had recently moved into and wanted them inspected. Easy scheduling, on time arrival and great service.

I recommend A.C.E. Chimney Sweep. After the first chimney sweep basically hung up on me, Matt went out of his way to clean and check my chimney out before my new carpet was to be put in. His price was right in line with his competitors. He was also a great communicator.
Peggy

Matt was awesome. He was able to get the job done at an affordable price, and went way out of his way to help us install a new cap on our chimney, despite the high grade of our roof.
On the other hand, if you’re comparing chimney sweeps, I would not recommend Capitol Chimney. Walter promised to call me back twice and never did. Because of our high chimney, he informed me that there are a lot of easier jobs to make money on.
I’d also advise against All American Chimney Sweeps. He actually came out and looked at our job, promised to call back, and never did. I called him 3 times leaving voicemail, and emailing through his website, no response. I guess like Walter, he decided he didn’t want to do the job and rather than telling me directly, left me hanging for several days by sending me to voicemail/​ignoring my emails.
I’ll always use Matt and ACE for all of my chimney needs. Not all 5-​star chimney sweeps on Unilocal are the same.

Summary: I found this company via Unilocal,and now I don’t have to ever worry about the problem of locating a chimney sweep again. I’m calling these guys next time, certainly.
Service ordered: cleaning of a very dirty chimney (I had recently moved in).
Initial phone call: Very friendly. I had a bunch of questions first, and Matt fielded them all.
Visit: Good job. Courteous. Despite a filthy chimney, they were very neat. I have no basis of comparison for their fee, but it seemed reasonable to me. I asked about how to use the fireplace (it’s a gas starter), and they also answered my questions about chimney implementation (I was wondering about air flow, etc.).

I’ve used Matt on two different houses over the last year, and he is wonderful. He is prompt, tidy, kind and his rates are very affordable.
I always refer ACE to anyone who has any chimney issues. This guy is solid.

Unilocal helps again! I found A.C.E. here, and they met all my expectations.
Matt was everything you want in a service professional. Prompt, professional, quick but thorough, and very clean. His rates were also very reasonable.
After he finished, Matt spent a little time explaining my new fireplace to me, and showed me a few things to watch for in the future.
Thanks Matt!