What time of year is best to have a chimney swept?
Candler's sweep timing carries an air-quality angle you won't find everywhere — late summer or early fall, before the burning starts. The Hominy Valley sits in a natural bowl that traps smoke, so a clean, well-drawing flue matters here for more than safety. Book August into October, ahead of the cold and the rush.
A valley that holds the smoke
Hominy Valley's bowl-like shape means woodsmoke and combustion byproducts don't clear as quickly as they do on open ground — which makes a clean-burning, properly drawing fireplace worth extra attention here. A late-summer sweep and inspection keeps the flue clear so your fire burns clean rather than smoldering smoke back into the neighborhood air.
It's a big reason clean, sealed appliances have caught on across Candler — but any wood-burning flue still needs the brush and the creosote check to burn its cleanest.
New subdivisions, decorative fireboxes
Candler is growing fast, and a lot of the new homes came with basic, builder-grade decorative fireboxes rather than real heaters — units many owners look to upgrade within a few years. A late-summer inspection is the natural time to see what you actually have and whether it's worth more. The subdivisions closer in may tie to a gas main, while out toward Hominy Valley and the Pisgah Highway you're more likely on propane.
As a licensed gas contractor, we permit and pressure-test any line — natural gas or propane — through Buncombe County. Candler is 15 minutes west of our Asheville showroom. Call (828) 770-8079.
Spring, the second window
Sweeping right after the season clears acidic creosote before the humid summer and removes nesting material before spring wildlife — and in a valley that holds smoke, keeping the flue clean and clear is doubly worthwhile.
Fireplace help in Candler
We install and service fireplaces throughout Candler and the rest of Buncombe County.