# Sandwich Chimney Sweep, Inc. **Trade:** Chimney Services · **Address:** 28 Emerald Way, Forestdale, MA 02644 · **Phone:** (508) 888-5114 · **Website:** https://sandwichchimneysweep.com · **Languages:** English **Rating: 3.6/5** (low confidence) — from 0 reviews across 3 sources. A 0–5 star rating built from what customers and the public say (every review and mention weighted by where it was posted, how old, how detailed and how credible it is, shrunk toward a 3.5★ baseline when evidence is thin) plus what the record shows (Reddit recommendations or warnings, a registry-verified licence, how recently they were reviewed, customer work photos, BBB grade, negative news, a revoked licence). Positive record counts only as far as the reviews have earned it; penalties count in full. Confidence describes how much weighted evidence stands behind the number, never the number itself: low when fewer than about five normal reviews' worth of weight (or mentions only) support it, medium up to about twenty, high beyond that across at least two sources. An operator flag for a suspicious review pattern caps a rating at 3.5★ and marks it low. ## The honest read Sandwich Chimney Sweep has been cleaning and repairing Cape Cod chimneys since the 1970s. The company works out of Emerald Way in Forestdale with a PO Box in Sandwich, is run by Keith Cliff with Jeanne Cliff as vice president, and is a four-person outfit. It holds Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration 120859, and the state registry lists the company itself as the holder of record with the registration active. Its BBB profile carries an A+ grade, and the record there shows no complaints or government actions. The work it lists is the full chimney trade rather than sweeping alone: chimney and fireplace cleaning, wood stove flue and insert cleaning, heating flue cleaning, chimney repairs and relining, damper replacement, caps and chase covers, water repellent on masonry chimneys, and wood stove and fireplace installation. There is a permit trail behind that. BuildZoom shows 121 permitted projects over the life of the company, fifteen of them in the last three years, at a typical permit value of about $4,300 — the shape of steady small-job work rather than big builds. On the neighbour side, the local reference is short: in a November 2025 Nextdoor thread in the Mashpee area, someone answering a request for a chimney sweep named this company. It is a name-drop rather than an account of a job. They are a sensible call if you want a long-established, registry-verified Cape chimney company for a clean, an inspection or a repair. Confirm the registration number yourself on the state registry when you book, ask whether the visit includes an inspection or only a sweep, and get the price for any repair — relining and caps especially — quoted before the work starts rather than after the flue is opened up. **Strengths:** - Verified registration — MA HIC 120859 active, company is holder of record - A+ BBB grade — profile shows no complaints or government actions - Since 1978 — nearly five decades working Cape chimneys - Full chimney trade — sweeping, relining, caps, dampers, stove installs **Concerns:** - Local word of mouth — the Cape reference is a brief 2025 name-drop - Small-job scale — permits average about $4,300 apiece **Where sources disagree:** - The BBB profile dates the corporation to 1978 but records incorporation in 1997, so the founding year and the corporate filing year are not the same thing. - Addresses differ between sources — BBB shows 28 Emerald Way in Forestdale, BuildZoom a PO Box in Sandwich — both belonging to the same company. ## Claims & citations Every claim below is backed by real evidence rows — uncited claims are dropped in code before publication. - Holds Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration 120859, verified active against the state registry with SANDWICH CHIMNEY SWEEP, INC. as the holder of record. _(confidence: high)_ - [State License Registry](https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search) — “MA hic license 120859 registry-verified active — registry holder of record: SANDWICH CHIMNEY SWEEP, INC.” - BuildZoom also lists MA Home Improvement Contractor licence #120859 as active, issued 03-12-2026, and states it verified the licence as active as of July 2026. _(confidence: medium)_ - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “Licence listed on BuildZoom: Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license #120859, status Active, issued 03-12-2026 (BuildZoom states i…” - Carries an A+ grade on a non-accredited BBB profile, which shows no reviews, complaints or government actions. _(confidence: medium)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332) — “Better Business Bureau grade: A+” - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332) — “A non-accredited BBB profile for Sandwich Chimney Sweep, Inc. of 28 Emerald Way, Forestdale, MA (plus a PO Box in Sandwich), carrying an A+ …” - A corporation started in 1978 and incorporated in 1997, with four employees, based at 28 Emerald Way in Forestdale plus a PO Box in Sandwich; Keith Cliff is the owner and Jeanne Cliff the vice president. _(confidence: medium)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332) — “A non-accredited BBB profile for Sandwich Chimney Sweep, Inc. of 28 Emerald Way, Forestdale, MA (plus a PO Box in Sandwich), carrying an A+ …” - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “BuildZoom's profile for Sandwich Chimney Sweep Inc (PO Box 90, Sandwich, MA, phone (508) 888-5114, owner Keith Cliff with Jeanne A Cliff and…” - BuildZoom shows 121 permitted projects, fifteen of them in the last three years, at a typical permit value of about $4,307. _(confidence: medium)_ - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “121 project(s) shown on BuildZoom” - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “BuildZoom's profile for Sandwich Chimney Sweep Inc (PO Box 90, Sandwich, MA, phone (508) 888-5114, owner Keith Cliff with Jeanne A Cliff and…” - Covers the full chimney trade: chimney, fireplace, wood stove flue and heating flue cleaning, chimney repairs and relining, damper replacement, caps and chase covers, water repellent on masonry chimneys, and wood stove and fireplace installation. _(confidence: high)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332) — “Services offered (Better Business Bureau): Chimney cleaning, Fireplace cleaning, Wood stove flue and insert cleaning, Heating flue cleaning,…” - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “Services offered (BuildZoom): Chimney sweeping, Chimney liner installation, Damper replacement, Chimney caps, Chase covers, Metalbestos chim…” - In a November 2025 Nextdoor thread in the Mashpee area, a neighbour answering a request for a chimney sweep named this company. _(confidence: low)_ - [Nextdoor](https://nextdoor.com/p/GqqkKD9qwTqc) — “Nextdoor (Mashpee, MA) — Sandwich Chimney Sweep” - The comment leg is a single brief 2025 Nextdoor name-drop; the rest of the picture is the registry-verified registration, the A+ BBB profile and a long permit history rather than customer accounts. _(confidence: medium)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332) — “Better Business Bureau grade: A+” - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “121 project(s) shown on BuildZoom” - [State License Registry](https://contractorhub.mass.gov/s/hic-contractor-search) — “MA hic license 120859 registry-verified active — registry holder of record: SANDWICH CHIMNEY SWEEP, INC.” - [Nextdoor](https://nextdoor.com/p/GqqkKD9qwTqc) — “Nextdoor (Mashpee, MA) — Sandwich Chimney Sweep” - Specializes in Chimney Services _(confidence: high)_ - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332) — “Services offered (Better Business Bureau): Chimney cleaning, Fireplace cleaning, Wood stove flue and insert cleaning, Heating flue cleaning,…” - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc) — “Services offered (BuildZoom): Chimney sweeping, Chimney liner installation, Damper replacement, Chimney caps, Chase covers, Metalbestos chim…” - [Nextdoor](https://nextdoor.com/p/GqqkKD9qwTqc) — “Nextdoor (Mashpee, MA) — Sandwich Chimney Sweep” ## License Status: **not_found** — verified against the official MA state registry, never self-reported. Re-check at the official registry: https://madpl.mylicense.com/Verification/ ## Sources - [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/forestdale/profile/chimney-cleaning/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-0021-33332): Listed on this source - [Exa](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc): 0 web mentions across the open web (each linked to its source) - [BuildZoom](https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc): Listed on this source ## Mentions Unverified third-party mentions found on the open web — relay with attribution ("a Reddit commenter said…"), never as Tavlee's own finding. - “Sandwich Chimney Sweep” — nextdoor.com (2025-11-17) — https://nextdoor.com/p/GqqkKD9qwTqc --- Data freshness: last scanned 2026-08-20T07:01:19.712Z. Cite as: Sandwich Chimney Sweep, Inc. — Tavlee (https://tavlee.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-forestdale) Source: https://tavlee.com/contractor/sandwich-chimney-sweep-inc-forestdale