Marblehead Chimney

Marblehead Chimney is a family business now in its fourth generation, run out of Danvers by Cody and Migdalia Stamm-O'Toole after the trade was passed down master-to-apprentice; the company says it has been at this work for 25 years. It holds an active Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, verified against the state registry, and its work is squarely chimney service - sweeps, inspections, repairs, and rebuilds. The written record, while small, is detailed and consistently positive. In a March 2026 review, a customer described a 70-plus-year-old chimney that was 'literally falling apart,' with Cody and Andrew grinding out old mortar and rebuilding a double-flue exterior brick chimney through sub-freezing cold - called a good value and finished on time. In a January 2026 review, a customer who'd had a wood stove and liner installed 'a couple years ago' said they'd since had the company back multiple times for sweeps and maintenance at a fair price; that same review pushed back directly on a negative review elsewhere, noting the company sometimes has to cancel for safety reasons on icy roofs. In a 2024 review, a customer called Cody and Andrew 'trustworthy' and said they didn't try to upsell. Two Reddit threads in r/SalemMA, one from 2022 and one from 2025, both name Marblehead Chimney in response to requests for a chimney recommendation, describing the work as good and the results as ones they were happy with. The one blemish on file is a 2022 review describing two same-day cancellations, called unprofessional. It stands alone in the record - no other review or mention describes anything like it, and it predates every other account on file by at least a year. BBB grades the business A+, though its profile notes the company isn't BBB-accredited. For chimney sweeps, inspections, and masonry-level repair work, the license is verified active and the family runs a small, hands-on operation with a long, specific track record behind it.