The math is one price times your fireplaces

First choose a level. Then look up its figure in the table below. Then multiply by how many fireplaces you have.

The table shows a sweep as a separate job.

A resident calls because a fireplace smokes. Another calls because it smells. A third wants to know about the cap. Answering each by itself is slow and costs the board time. A single visit through every unit gives you one set of answers to hand around, and one report to keep.

Level 1 means we look, by eye, at what is accessible. Level 2 puts a camera down the flue from top to bottom and covers reachable attic, crawlspace and roof areas too.

NFPA 211 names four moments to call for a Level 2. Selling or transferring a property is one. So are a chimney fire and an earthquake. A change of fuel is the fourth, and a building that swaps wood for gas falls under it.

Each fireplace gets its own name in the report, with photos. If a unit needs repair, the quote comes after the inspection. Five fixes already have posted prices on our fix page: the cap, a leak repair, the cricket alone or with full flashing, and a gas insert.

That gives the board a clear list for the next budget meeting.