Welcome to the website of Top Hat Chimney Service, Inc., the premiere sweeping and inspection service in the Greater Rochester, New York area.

We invite you to explore our website. You will find a wealth of information about fireplaces, wood stoves, and inserts. There is a special focus on proper chimney sweeping and inspection procedures and applications.

We do our best to help our clients become the best educated customers in the Rochester area. It is our hope that this website will help us to fulfill that aspiration.

Top Hat Chimney is one of the very few companies in the Rochester area that has invested in advanced video-scanning technology. Remote video camera viewing is the recognized standard for comprehensive flue inspection. It is often required for insurance claims and is becoming very popular as a component of the inspection process for home buyers.

Top Hat Chimney Service is owned by John Maurer, a young and ambitious business professional. He is a father of four children. John owns and operates Top Hat Chimney Service with the help of his family. He is committed to top quality service and professionalism with all of his customers. He is always kind and courteous and his main goal is to help his customers stay safe. John enjoys meeting so many different and interesting people when he is on service calls. On top of owning and operating “Top Hat” John is also a full time professional firefighter. When he is not working John enjoys watching and playing sports, Hunting, Fishing, and most of all, spending time with his family.