Great KillsStaten Island, NYYour Local Great Kills Chimney Pros
Chimney sweeping, inspections, repairs and rebuilds for homes in Great Kills, Staten Island, from our family-owned, licensed and insured crew with 15+ years of experience.
About Great Kills
Great Kills is in Staten Island Community District 3; it largely matches ZIP code 10308, and a small strip of 10306 is sometimes counted as part of it.
Great Kills stayed mostly rural, with shoreline resorts, until the 1950s; heavy home building followed the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
Great Kills Park, on the harbor, was named a Historic Aerospace Site in 2006 for a rocket launch there in 1933.
The Great Kills branch library at 56 Giffords Lane opened in 1927 and moved into its current three-story building in 1954.
We serve Great Kills homes in ZIP codes 10308, 10306.
What This Means for Your Great Kills Chimney
Postwar homes and their chimneys
Homes built in the postwar decades often have a brick chimney with a mortar crown that was never meant to last. After decades of winters, crowns crack, caps go missing and flashing lets water in. These are quick, affordable fixes when caught early. Read: What Should You Do About a Cracked Chimney Crown?
For the bigger picture, read our local guide: Chimney Care in Staten Island, NY: What Local Homeowners Should Know
Why Great Kills Homeowners Call Us
- Family-owned, with our own crew and 15+ years of experience
- Licensed & insured
- Free written estimates before any work
- Upfront pricing, no hidden fees
Chimney Services in Great Kills
- Chimney Sweeping in Great KillsCreosote out, draft back, ready for the next fire.Learn more
- Chimney Inspection in Great KillsKnow it is safe before you light it.Learn more
- Chimney Repair in Great KillsCracks, loose brick and failed mortar, fixed.Learn more
- Chimney Rebuild in Great KillsDown to sound masonry, built back right.Learn more
- Caps & Crowns in Great KillsKeep rain, birds and animals out.Learn more
- Chimney Liners in Great KillsSized for your fireplace, stove or boiler.Learn more
- Masonry & Tuckpointing in Great KillsFresh mortar joints that keep water out.Learn more
- Leak Repair in Great KillsWe trace the water and fix the cause.Learn more
- Fireplace Repair in Great KillsFirebox, damper and draft problems solved.Learn more
- Dryer Vent Cleaning in Great KillsLint out, faster and safer drying.Learn more
Nearby Areas We Serve in Staten Island
By the numbers
What Great Kills’s Weather and Homes Mean for Your Chimney
- 1974
- Median year homes were built, Richmond County
- 17.8%
- Of homes built before 1940
- 80
- Nights a year at or below freezing
- 25.5°F
- Average January low
- 31.5 in
- Snow in an average year
- 46.6 in
- Rain and melted snow a year
Great Kills is part of Richmond County, where half of all homes were built before 1974 and 17.8% date from before 1940. About 80 nights a year drop to freezing here, so a crown crack or loose flashing in Great Kills rarely stays small for long. With 46.6 inches of rain and melted snow a year, a chimney cap and a sound crown are what keep water out of the flue.
Sources: NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, Newark Intl Ap station; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates (Richmond County, New York). NOAA data · Census data
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How It Works
- Your callCall, text or book online
Tell us what you see or smell. A real person from our team answers and sets a time that suits you.
- The visitFree chimney inspection
Our own crew arrives in a marked Pro 1 van, covers the floor and inspects the chimney from the firebox to the cap, free of charge.
- The estimateFree written estimate
We walk you through what we found, in plain words, and put any repair in writing before work starts.
- The workThe job, done right
We do the work, clean up the roof, the yard and the room, and walk you through the finished job.
Book before the holidays. Fireplaces get their heaviest use from Thanksgiving to New Year. A free inspection now catches nests, creosote and cracked flue tiles before the first big fire and the family gatherings.
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