Four services live in this section and they are easy to confuse, so here is the short version. A sweep is the routine yearly pass that keeps a working chimney clear. A cleaning is the deeper job for a flue that has gone a few seasons, smells smoky, or has hardened creosote in it. A fireplace cleaning is about the part you sit in front of, the firebox, the glass, the damper and the hearth, rather than the flue above it. And annual maintenance is the same yearly work put on a schedule, so we call you instead of the other way round.
Whichever one you book, the visit ends the same way. We contain the mess, test that the chimney draws the way it should, and hand you a certificate of cleanliness and functionality for your records and your insurer. If you are not sure which service fits, tell us what you are seeing and we will point you to the right one.