About Ottawa Precision Chimney Sweep
Ottawa Precision Chimney Sweep is a small Ottawa crew with ladders, scaffolding and a camera on a stick. Pierre Gauthier owns it, and most weeks he is the one who climbs up to look at your chimney and writes the price.
How Ottawa Precision Chimney Sweep Started
Pierre grew up in Orleans, in a house where French and English got mixed up at the supper table. At 16 he carried mortar for a bricklayer on a school job, and he never really got off the scaffolding. He moved from bricks to chimneys in 2006, and started his own crew in 2015 with one truck and a long ladder.
Count it up since 2015 and it comes to about 1,100 chimneys swept, 240 caps, covers and crowns put on, 140 flues relined and close to 35 stacks rebuilt. Most of those jobs were small and found early. That's the whole idea: look often, fix small, and don't wait for the brick to come down.
We work with a short list of rules. Look before you price. Write the price down. Keep the soot in the flue and the dust off the carpet. Honestly, none of it is clever, but it is more than a lot of outfits manage, and it is why our customers call us back the next fall.
What You Can Expect From Us
A Straight Answer
If the chimney only needs a sweep, we say so. About half the chimneys we look at need nothing else.
A Price in Writing
We look first, then write it up. That number is the one on your invoice.
A Safe Roof
Scaffolding on tall stacks and a harness on every roof. Nobody skips it, including the owner.
A Clean House
Boots off, drop sheets down, soot vacuumed. You should not be able to tell we were there, except for the chimney.
Why We Climb Up First
“You can't price a chimney from the driveway. Get on the roof, look at the cap, put your hand on the brick. Ninety per cent of the time the answer is right there.”
Pierre Gauthier
Owner, Ottawa Precision Chimney SweepOn chimneys since 2006. Pierre still takes most of the roof visits himself, and his harness and his tape measure ride in the truck every day.
Our Promise to Ottawa Homeowners
A chimney crew spends the day on your roof and half an hour in your living room. Here is what we promise every visit.
A Price in Writing
We look first, then write the price. The number we send is the number on the invoice.
Safe at Height
Scaffolding on tall chimneys, a harness on every roof, and a crew that goes home at five.
Your House Respected
Boots off at the door, drop sheets at the fireplace and the soot stays in the flue where it belongs.
Honest Advice
If a chimney only needs a sweep, we say so. If it needs a cap, we show you the old one first.
Tell Us About Your Chimney
Leave your name, number and a line about the chimney. We call back to set up a look, and the written price follows.
- Written price before any work
- Free estimates around Ottawa
- Drop sheets and a tidy finish every visit