A & A Chimney & Fireplace Company

Such a sweet company. They did a great and neat job of cleaning the fireplace. Turned out Andre, the father, had installed the fireplace in the apartment. His son came to clean it.
I love the family business aspect of it and the cleaning made a big difference in the way the fireplace draws. I’m so happy to be able to have a fireplace and be able to work with these guys!
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Andre at A&A is the BEST chimney service and restoration in NY area. Bar none. He completely rebuilt our fireplace to make it wood-​burning as well as widen and reline the flu thru to the roof and total rebuild of chimney on roof and steel line the heater flu. He did an amazing job on all — and our fireplace works beautifully with an excellent draw. (Even our contractor used him on his own home.) We have Andre back every year for inspection and he cleans the chimney only when it needs it. (Usually every other year.) Great service, great guy, great work. Don’t think of calling anyone else. (He may be working mainly Brooklyn these days.)

Pros:
— Showed up for an estimate the same day I called
— Started work the next day
— Did a decent job (with exceptions below)
Cons:
— They didn’t use an inspection camera so they didn’t know the extent of the problem until they opened up the chimney. It was worse than they guessed, and three times the cost of their original estimate.
— Woefully inadequate dust control. They did a decent job of protecting my living room but they made no effort whatsoever for the rest of the house. In one place, they used a fan to direct dust over shelves and benches full of gear. It took me over 16 hours to clean up the mess that they made because literally *everything* was covered in dust.
On balance, I don’t know if I’d use them again.

Used A&A to clean my chimney due to a carbon monoxide leak in my heating equipment, they came twice. First time they cleaned ductwork, second time had to go onto the roof to do a top-​down clean. Like the other reviewers, I was impressed with their responsiveness when making an appointment and their honesty in not trying to push additional work or charge extra. Andre is a nice man and I would definitely use them again.

I called Andre to make an appointment to clean my chimney. He told me it would be $ 150.00, so I gave him my address which is in Queens. THe day he was to come he never showed up so I called him to found out what happened. When I spoke to him and told him a had an appointment he did not seem to remember, I gave him my name and address. He tells me we do not do work in queens, yet his web site states serving all five boroughs of NYC. I had rearranged my schedule and now he does not show up or even call me back. I was very disappointed since I had heard and read how honest and efficient his work was. So I would recommend that you make sure that he does work in your borough, so he does not waste your day like he did mine.

i had andre come for a regular chimney sweep. he was very helpful about things that i could do to improve the fireplace draw. he is fast and efficient. and my fireplace looks and works great.
i highly recommend him.

Andre and A & A Chimney are hands down the best chimney company out there. I have had numerous different companies over the years to clean my 100+ year chimney and the last one told us we needed a liner. When they showed up (an hour late) to do the work, they spent 3 hours at my house only to tell me the liner was now stuck in my chimney and they are going to have to break through my interior walls in my house to get it out and then have to rebuild much of it and put in another liner. This was on a Friday afternoon. I told them no thank you and called a trusted contractor who had done work for us a few years ago. He immediately recommended Andre. I called Andre and he not only answered the phone (not a given on a Friday late afternoon) but said he’d be over the next morning. He was. He was knowledgeable, professional and straight forward. He showed up (early) on Tuesday morning and did the job. From the minute he started working, I knew I was in good hands. He was truly remarkable. The work he did was perfect and he even cleaned up afterwards. And he gave us a great price. I would recommend A & A Chimney to ANYONE who needed chimney work. I would call him again in a second if I needed some other work to be done.

I had Andre out to my house a few years ago, after another chimney company had told me I needed my flue relined, to the tune of about $ 3500. Andre came out and took a look. Turns out the liner chunks that the other company showed me as «evidence» that I needed a new liner were scraps left over from when I’d had the top of the chimney re-​bricked. Andre said my chimney was probably good for another 10 years, but that I did have a few cracks near the furnace pipe. He charged me a few hundred dollars to fix those. I thought he was very honest, and I have just recommended him to my neighbor.