Animal & Nest Removal in Asheboro, NC — 200+ Five-Star Reviews
Asheboro sits in a wooded stretch of Randolph County, with forest and farmland pressing right up to many of its neighborhoods, which puts wildlife on the roof. Squirrels and raccoons come off the surrounding tree line and drop down open or poorly capped flues, while the tall old masonry of the downtown historic district can still draw a nesting chimney swift. Perfect Chimney Cleaning clears animals and nests from Asheboro chimneys from the Triad office in Greensboro, a 30 to 35 minute run north on US-220 and I-73.
The camera settles what happens next, so it goes up first. A squirrel or a raccoon comes out the day we are there; a chimney swift is federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and an active nest cannot be touched in season, so on a downtown Asheboro flue nothing moves until a camera has named what is up there. Because the same owner-run crew makes the drive, we can reach a live animal without handing it off while still holding each species to its own rules.
CSIA-Certified Chimney Sweep #12553
⭐ 5.0 Across 200+ Google Reviews
Triangle Office: (984) 777-8853 • Serves Cary
Hours: Mon–Sat 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM | Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM · 24/7 emergency line outside office hours
Fully Insured • Wisetack Financing Available
CSIA-Certified Chimney Sweep #12553
⭐ 5.0 Across 200+ Google Reviews
Triangle Office: (984) 777-8853 • Serves Cary
Hours: Mon–Sat 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM | Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM · 24/7 emergency line outside office hours
Fully Insured • Wisetack Financing Available
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Quick facts:
- CSIA-Certified Chimney Sweep #12553 (Chimney Safety Institute of America)
- 5.0 across 200+ Google reviews, earned across the Triad and Research Triangle
- Triad office: (336) 604-6711, serving Asheboro from 317 South Westgate Drive, Suite E, Greensboro, NC, 27407
- Hours: Mon to Sat, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with an after-hours emergency line
- Fully insured: Spinnaker general liability ($1M / $2M) and AM Trust workers' comp ($100K / $500K)
- Wisetack financing available for repair and restoration work
Animal & Nest Removal in Asheboro? Call (336) 604-6711
Call (336) 604-6711 to schedule your visit, or request a free estimate online.
First-ever Level 1 or 2 inspection, sweep, flashing repair, customer education on proper fireplace operation.
In a wooded county with a small historic core, the animal in your chimney is either a nuisance you can clear now or a protected bird, and the camera can tell them apart. Here is what turns up where.
Era 1 · Downtown historic district (swift possibility)
The tall, open brick flues of the old county seat, the one part of Asheboro where a nesting chimney swift is a real chance, with squirrels besides. What the camera identifies and the federal calendar a swift brings set the order of all that follows.
Era 2 · Mid-century textile and furniture housing (mixed)
The older mill-worker streets near the tree line, where a worn cap or an open flue lets in squirrels and the odd raccoon, and an old masonry flue now and then still tempts a swift.
Era 3 · 1990s and newer subdivisions (the everyday call)
The county-edge developments backed to forest and field, where a single frayed cap is an open door for a squirrel or raccoon out of the surrounding woods, the bread-and-butter Asheboro animal call.
Animal work in Asheboro follows the wooded county edges and the small historic core, with the protected swift setting the order downtown. What we handle and how it is bounded are below.
A visual inspection during the sweep, focused on chase top, cap, crown, flue access, damper, and visible refractory. On historic Franklin Street and Westwood chimneys, the emphasis shifts to crown, mortar, and clay-tile condition. Photographs of anything worth watching. Included in the Inspection + Cleaning combo.
Level 1 inspection (visual, accessible-parts check)
A visual inspection during the sweep, focused on chase top, cap, crown, flue access, damper, and visible refractory. On historic Franklin Street and Westwood chimneys, the emphasis shifts to crown, mortar, and clay-tile condition. Photographs of anything worth watching. Included in the Inspection + Cleaning combo.
What animal and nest removal covers in Asheboro
Squirrels, the routine call
The bread-and-butter Asheboro job, most often a wooded-edge home backed to forest or field. A squirrel comes down an open or worn-capped flue onto brick; it cannot climb back up. We camera it, take it out, or fit a one-way exit, and mark the gap. An hour or two, usually.
Raccoons
Bigger and rarer, mostly along the tree line. We clear them by exclusion only, no smoke and no chemicals, and close the flue once the animal is gone.
Protected swifts downtown
In the old county-seat flues, a nesting swift carries federal protection, so a nest the camera finds is left until the young fledge, and the cap waits until after. You get the real timing, not the convenient one.
Bats, through a licensed specialist
Rare, and never hurried, since several bat species carry protection. We arrange a lawful exclusion and bring in a licensed wildlife specialist to properly close it out.
A dead animal and the odor
Urgent on the smell alone. The camera pins it before anything is opened; we remove it and treat the flue. Where the flue is bare old brick, that runs to sealing the masonry, since brick keeps a smell a modern liner would release.
Chimney Sweep & Cleaning pricing & scope
The most common scope is Inspection + Cleaning at $200, a Level 1 inspection plus a full sweep in one visit.
A standalone Level 1 inspection is $120. Add-ons such as animal or nest removal, dryer vent cleaning, chase-cover cleaning, or cap installation are priced separately and quoted before we do them, so there are no surprises at the end.
What's NOT included in chimney sweep and cleaning
Equally important, here is what the Asheboro animal and nest removal scope does NOT cover. If you need any of these, here is where to find them.
What's NOT included in this scope
- Trapping wildlife outside the chimney; an animal in your attic, walls, or yard is wildlife control, not chimney work.
- Disturbing a nesting chimney swift; federal law forbids it, and we give you the timing and a plan for after the season.
- An animal in a gas-appliance vent, a separate technician path coordinated where it applies.
Most Chapel Hill sweep visits are clean and uneventful, and we are glad to tell a Meadowmont homeowner that their lightly used flue can wait another year when that is the honest answer. When a sweep surfaces a cap or chase-top issue, we quote it separately so you can decide on timing and, where the historic district or an HOA has a say, on appearance too.
Perfect Chimney Cleaning is Google rated 5.0 by Chapel Hill homeowners and neighbors across the Research Triangle. This section shows the live Google reviews feed, so the most recent reviews always appear here.
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Triangle team, real local response
Our Triangle office is at 105 Star Street, Raleigh, NC, 27610, about 30 minutes from most Chapel Hill addresses via I-540 or NC-54. When you call (984) 777-8853, the team that answers is the team that works your job. There is no regional call center in the middle and no local subcontractor we hand you off to, so the person who books your Chapel Hill visit is accountable for how it goes.
CSIA-Certified Chimney Sweep #12553
Our CSIA-Certified Chimney Sweep credential is #12553, and you can verify any technician's certification directly at csia.org. Plenty of Asheboro chimney companies claim certification on their websites, but only businesses certified by CSIA appear in its national directory. Ask any company you are weighing for their CSIA number, and if the answer is vague, you have learned something useful.
Fully insured, to the dollar amounts that matter
General liability is through Spinnaker ($1M per occurrence, $2M aggregate), and workers' comp is through AM Trust ($100K per accident, $500K aggregate). The certificate is available on request. For any rooftop trade, this is not optional, and in Asheboro, the larger HOAs and any local historic-district review may ask to see it before work begins.
Things we'll tell you that other companies might not
A swift nest on camera gets the honest answer rather than the easy one: it is protected, and the cap holds until the young have flown.
Almost every entry goes back to a flue left open or a cap worn through, so the cap is what stops the repeat calls, and we put the lens on the exact gap that let them in.
If the sound is actually coming from a wall or the attic, that is wildlife control, not chimney work, and we say so plainly, so you never pay for a flue camera with nothing to find.
Here is the actual sequence, from the moment you call to the moment the truck leaves and your chimney is documented. No mystery, no runaround.
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1. Call
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A Triangle team member answers, from the same office and crew that does the work. We ask about the chimney type, the Chapel Hill address, the concern, and whether it is scheduled work or an emergency. | Answered in minutes |
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2. Schedule
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We pick a window that suits you. Most Chapel Hill jobs are scheduled within 2 to 5 business days, and active emergencies take priority over routine work. | A few minutes on the call |
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3. Confirmation
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You get a text or email with the appointment time, the technician's name, and the truck details, so you know who is arriving. | Right after booking |
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4. The visit
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The technician documents the chimney with photos and, where the scope calls for it, camera footage, then walks you through findings before any added work is quoted. | On the day |
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5. Follow-up
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You receive the written report and any estimates. Repair and restoration estimates land within 48 hours, and nothing extra is charged without your say-so. | Within 48 hours |
Frequently Asked Questions
Something is in my chimney. What happens first?
We touch nothing until the camera has been up, because what it finds sets what is lawful. On the wooded-edge flues that is nearly always a squirrel or raccoon we clear on the visit; downtown a nesting swift is federally protected and stays until the young fledge, and that one fact reorders the whole job.
Are chimney swifts common in Asheboro?
Chiefly on the downtown historic flues, where tall open masonry offers what they nest in; the newer subdivisions have much less. When the camera finds a nest, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects it, so we wait the season out and cap afterward.
A squirrel is in the flue. How soon can you come?
We book Asheboro within a few business days, and the same owner-run crew makes the drive. We put a camera on it, ease it out or fit a one-way exit, and then quote the cap that closes the flue it slid down.
What actually keeps them out?
A correctly fitted cap, which plenty of wooded-edge prefabs are missing or have let rust. On a prefab that is a cut chase cap, and where the woods press in, a stouter mesh made to keep determined climbers out.
Can you get a dead animal out of the flue?
Yes, and we move on it quickly, because the smell only builds while it sits. We locate it on camera before opening anything, take it out, and deodorize; on bare old brick that runs to sealing the masonry, which holds a smell a modern liner would shed.
Something is in my chimney. What happens first?
We touch nothing until the camera has been up, because what it finds sets what is lawful. On the wooded-edge flues that is nearly always a squirrel or raccoon we clear on the visit; downtown a nesting swift is federally protected and stays until the young fledge, and that one fact reorders the whole job.
Are chimney swifts common in Asheboro?
Chiefly on the downtown historic flues, where tall open masonry offers what they nest in; the newer subdivisions have much less. When the camera finds a nest, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects it, so we wait the season out and cap afterward.
A squirrel is in the flue. How soon can you come?
We book Asheboro within a few business days, and the same owner-run crew makes the drive. We put a camera on it, ease it out or fit a one-way exit, and then quote the cap that closes the flue it slid down.
What actually keeps them out?
A correctly fitted cap, which plenty of wooded-edge prefabs are missing or have let rust. On a prefab that is a cut chase cap, and where the woods press in, a stouter mesh made to keep determined climbers out.
Can you get a dead animal out of the flue?
Yes, and we move on it quickly, because the smell only builds while it sits. We locate it on camera before opening anything, take it out, and deodorize; on bare old brick that runs to sealing the masonry, which holds a smell a modern liner would shed.
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