Zaras for Chimney & Fireplace
Annual inspections, sweeps, and a booking season shorter than the risk it covers.
The standard says a chimney is inspected at least once a year, and the leading cause of home heating fires is a failure to clean. Heating fires peak in January, with nearly half of them falling between December and February — but the phone rings in autumn, in a window a few weeks wide. Chimney fires are the rarer kind of heating fire and the more expensive one (NFPA).
What carries year to year: the inspection level the findings who is due.
An annual inspection gets recorded by level rather than as a tick, a heavy creosote pull gets photographed and its repair recommended on the same job, and last year’s accounts get prompted before the rush.
Level 1 inspection
The routine annual, findings recorded by component rather than as a tick.
Heavy creosote
What came out gets photographed, and the repair gets recommended on the same job — so it is still there next year.
Chimney money comes from two engines: six weeks that carry a large part of the year, and the record that decides whether next year is less of a scramble. The inspection record is the only thing that lets you fill August in a trade where everybody calls in October.
Six weeks that carry a large part of the year. The autumn window books before it arrives, because it does not wait for anyone.
What makes the next season less of a scramble. Findings, repairs, and prompts, all on the same account.
The record, not the clipboard: every inspection and every sweep, on the same book.
Annual inspections — recorded by level, not as a generic tick.
Sweep records — what was removed, attached to the job.
Findings by component — liner, cap, crown, and clearances, written down.
Recommended repairs — tracked, with whether they were ever done.
Prompts by account — sent ahead of the season, not during it.
Capacity and booking — against a window a few weeks wide.
Deposits and scheduling — once the estimate comes back signed, the sweep crew's date is locked in, not penciled.
Invoicing + QuickBooks — inspection notes carry straight into the invoice — the same account, start to finish.
Prompt → inspect → sweep → repair → paid — every chimney, one record.
Plans and prices are public on the pricing page — no sales call to get a number.
Yes. Invoices and payments flow straight into QuickBooks — no double entry, no bookkeeper fights.
It’s yours, both directions. Customers, inspection records, and who is due come in with you when you join — and everything exports, any time.
Yes — property-manager and multi-unit chimney work with per-building records and NET-terms billing live on the same record as your residential book.
Chimney sweeps running 1–40 crews — from an owner-operator to a multi-truck shop.
We onboard a limited number of shops at a time. Request an invite, fit is reviewed within 24 hours with a reply either way, and accepted shops get guided onboarding — pricebook and customer list loaded with you, not dumped on you.
Private beta
Every plan runs the full operating system for chimney and fireplace — annual inspections, sweeps, repairs, invoicing, payments. Pick the size that fits the crews you run today.
$49/ month
One crew, one truck. Record the inspection level, log what the sweep removed, and prompt next year’s account before the rush.
from$149/ month
The sweep season and the inspection record on one screen — every crew logging findings, the office watching the August list.
Free trial first, month-to-month after — cancel anytime. Full plan detail on the pricing page.
