Old Tyme Chimney Sweep Inc.

A couple writing in 2024 had been told they needed a whole new chimney. Old Tyme Chimney Sweep came out to inspect it and said a crack at the top of the cap and a little patchwork was all it needed. That kind of thing comes up more than once here. A customer writing in May 2026 said nobody tried to sell anything extra — the crew took the time to do it right and talked through how the fireplace was built and what condition it was in. In an April 2025 review, someone who had just bought an old house and needed a new liner said Old Tyme were the best of the couple of chimney companies that came out. Daniel P. Hill runs the company out of Buzzards Bay, and it says it has been at this for 30 years; the BBB records the business as started in 1996 and incorporated in 2017. The work is chimney sweeping and inspections, leak and masonry repair, dampers, stainless steel liners, caps and re-flashing, for homeowners across Cape Cod and the rest of Massachusetts. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration, #192462, is active on the state registry, and the BBB grades it A+. Getting hold of them is the other thing customers keep describing. One homeowner called after 5 on a Friday in June 2026 about replacing a cap, left a message expecting to wait days, and got a call back about an hour later; Ken came the next day, within the time frame given. In March 2024, a squirrel found its way into a chimney and the new cap went on the following afternoon. More than half the written Google reviews mention the crew arriving when they said they would, and the same first names keep turning up — Dan, Ken, Kenny, Terry and Josh. The bigger jobs show up too. A November 2025 customer described Dan coming early to give an estimate at no charge and Ken repointing the masonry and installing a cap; another that same month said the team turned a former gas fireplace into a wood-burning one and left the house spotless. In a January 2026 review, a homeowner said Ken found the source of a chimney leak on one visit and came back on the scheduled day to fix it. On Google the company holds 4.8 stars from 55 ratings, with written reviews running from 2022 through this year. Two Buzzards Bay addresses are on file for it — 16 Monack Rd and 5 Breakers Drive — so call (508) 759-0930 rather than guess which one to drive to. For a Cape Cod chimney that needs a cleaning, a cap, a liner or masonry work on an older stack, this is a straightforward call: get the scope and price in writing before work starts, ask for a certificate of insurance, and if you are a senior or a military family, ask about the 5% discount the BBB lists.