Chimney Sweep and Cleaning in Tour 18
The Estates at Tour 18 is a gated, guarded golf course community on the far west side of Flower Mound, reached from FM 1171 (Cross Timbers Rd). It is built around Tour 18 Dallas at 8718 Amen Corner, the course that opened in 1995 with replicas of famous holes, including the Amen Corner stretch from Augusta National as its finish and the island green from TPC Sawgrass as its ninth. The homes in Sections 1, 2 and 3, on streets like Masters Ct, Doral Ct, Oakmont Ct, Baltusrol Dr and Lighthouse Dr, were built from about 1995 through the early 2000s on lots of 1.5 to 2.2 acres. They run 5,000 to nearly 9,000 square feet, with stone and brick exteriors and, in most cases, three or more fireplaces. The community is zoned to Argyle ISD.
Flower Mound Chimney Sweep Professionals handles a chimney sweep in Tour 18 as a whole-house job. Each fireplace gets drop cloths, a sealed opening and a HEPA vacuum, then the flue, smoke chamber and firebox are brushed with rods sized to the clay tile or liner. The camera goes up every flue afterward. A big masonry fireplace with a wide throat builds creosote faster than a small one, and the glazed kind needs creosote removal with rotary tools rather than a brush.
Chimney Inspection
A Level 1 chimney inspection comes with every sweep: camera check of each flue, a roof check of every cap, crown and flashing, and a photo report. NFPA 211 calls for a chimney inspection once a year. On an estate with several flues in one chimney stack, a Level 2 inspection with a full video scan confirms each flue is intact and separated from its neighbors, which is what a buyer’s inspector wants to see before a sale.
Chimney Repair in Tour 18
Thirty years of North Texas weather is hard on masonry, and the tall chimneys on Tour 18 homes take the first hit from spring hail. Our chimney repair work in the neighborhood centers on chimney crown repair for cracked concrete crowns, chimney tuckpointing for worn mortar joints, chimney relining with stainless steel where clay tiles have cracked or shifted, chimney flashing repair where the stack meets a slate or tile roof, and custom multi-flue chimney caps in stainless or copper. A leaning or badly cracked stack gets a chimney rebuild estimate with photos. Every repair starts with a free written estimate, and the price in writing is the price you pay.
Fireplace and Gas Log Service
Tour 18 fireplaces are mostly wood-burning masonry with gas starters, with gas log sets in bedrooms and studies. We clean fireboxes and glass doors, replace cracked firebrick, and clean and tune gas starters, burners, pilots and valves as part of gas fireplace repair. Fireplaces that smoke even when clean get a draft diagnosis and, where it fits, a chimney fan. Gas line work is done by a licensed plumber, as Texas law requires, and we coordinate that visit with ours.
Signs a Tour 18 Chimney Needs Attention
- Cracks or chips visible on the crown from the ground or a drone photo
- White stains, spalling or loose stone on the chimney stack
- Smoke in the room when a second fireplace is lit in the same house
- Flakes of clay tile or shiny black creosote on the smoke shelf
- A musty smell from a fireplace after rain
- Chirping in a flue from May through September, which means chimney swifts
- More than a year since the last inspection, or never since the home was built
Book an inspection on the first sign. On the second, stop lighting that fireplace until it has been scanned and cleared.
How a Visit Works
- Book. Call (817) 518-6131 or send the form. Tell us how many fireplaces you have, add us to the gate list, and you get one firm price on the phone.
- Protect and sweep. Floors covered at every hearth, fireplaces sealed, HEPA vacuum on, every flue brushed.
- Inspect. Camera up each flue, then a roof check of every cap, crown and flashing.
- Show you. Before and after photos of every flue and a written list of anything that needs attention, with prices. You decide.
Book a Chimney Sweep in Tour 18
Flower Mound Chimney Sweep Professionals is veteran-owned and based at 3921 Long Prairie Rd in Flower Mound 75028, about 10 minutes from the Tour 18 gate by way of FM 1171. We are open 7 days a week, 7 AM to 8 PM. Call (817) 518-6131 or send the form on this page. We also serve Chimney Rock, Canyon Falls, Bridlewood, Trophy Club and Grapevine. The inspection levels we use follow NFPA 211, the national standard for chimneys and fireplaces.