Chimney Sweep in Hillcrest & the Heights, Little Rock, AROld stone, old brick. Swept, mended, sealed.
Stone and brick chimneys in Hillcrest and the Heights need care that matches their age. We sweep, repair and tuckpoint.
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Chimney sweep // Heights & Hillcrest
The Heights & Hillcrest chimneys, handled.
Housing in the Heights and Hillcrest is among the oldest in Little Rock.
Census figures put about four in ten homes here before 1960, and eight in ten before 1980.
Older homes mean older masonry.
Hillcrest is about eight minutes from our base near UA Little Rock.
We are open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 8 PM.
Call or text (501) 529-3779 and ask for Jerry.
- Area
- Little Rock, Pulaski County
- From our base
- about 8 minutes
- Median year built
- 1963 (approx.)
- Homes built before 1960
- 42%
- Owner-occupied homes
- 58%
- ZIP codes
- 72205, 72207
Know the area
A streetcar suburb built in stone and brick
Hillcrest covers several additions of Pulaski Heights, a town Little Rock annexed in 1916.
It was the city’s first streetcar suburb.
The Hillcrest Historic District joined the National Register in 1990.
A stone house and a brick Cape-style house, both with masonry chimneys, stand in the district.
Robinwood, a wooded river-bluff section, dates to the 1960s and 70s.
Riverdale sits lower by the river, with Rebsamen Golf Course and Murray Park to the west.
Services in Heights & Hillcrest
What we do around here.
Every service, anywhere in The Heights & Hillcrest. Open 7 days, 8 AM to 8 PM.
- Chimney Sweeping & CleaningSoot and creosote out of the flue before the first freeze, from Hillcrest to Riverdale.
- Chimney InspectionBuying an older Heights home? Know the chimney’s shape before the first fire.
- Chimney RepairCracked crowns, rusted caps, leaking flashing and crumbling brick on stone and brick chimneys.
- Mortar Repair & TuckpointingOld mortar out of the joints, new mortar in, on Hillcrest stone and brick.
- Rock & Brick SealingSealer to keep rain out of stone and brick, once the mortar is sound.
- Power WashingBrick, stone, chimneys and roofs washed clean. Tell us what else needs it.
- Roof RejuvenationFor aging shingle roofs that are worn but sound. Soft or curling spots get repair first.
Fire season
Januaries that sit just under freezing
The January mean low at Little Rock Adams Field is 30.9 degrees Fahrenheit, per NOAA.
About 50 nights a year reach freezing or below.
Water that soaks into old brick and mortar freezes, expands and cracks it.
- About 50 freezing nights a yearNOAA 1991–2020 normals, Little Rock Adams Field.
- Inspect at least once a yearWhat the NFPA 211 standard calls for.
- Open 7 days, 8 to 8Call or text (501) 529-3779 and ask for Jerry.
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Can the mortar on my Hillcrest stone chimney be fixed?
Failing joints can be tuckpointed.
Old mortar comes out and new mortar goes in.
Jerry looks at it and tells you what the chimney needs.
Water that gets into open joints freezes and cracks stone and brick.
How often should an older Heights chimney be swept?
NFPA 211 says chimneys, fireplaces and vents should be inspected at least once a year.
Cleaning or repair follows when needed.
The U.S.
Fire Administration tells homeowners the same.
Do you cover Cammack Village or just Little Rock?
Both.
We cover all of Little Rock, including Hillcrest, the Heights, Riverdale and Robinwood, and everywhere within 30 miles of it.
Cammack Village is its own city beside the Heights, well inside that radius.
Call or text (501) 529-3779 and ask.
Elsewhere in Little Rock
Other parts of town we serve
Call, text or send the form
Chimney work in Heights & Hillcrest? Ask for Jerry.
Tell us what is going on with the chimney, the brick or the roof.
Jerry gets back to you to set a time.