How Kindling Chimney Fort Worth Was Born in Fort Worth
We didn’t pick Fort Worth out of a hat. We live here. We raise our kids here. And we’ve seen the inside of enough Fort Worth fireplaces to know that this city needed something different.
The moment that stays with us happened on a job in the Ryan Place neighborhood. A homeowner had just paid another company for a “full sweep and inspection.” The problem was, when we got there to look at a smoking issue, the flue was still caked with creosote. The previous crew had brushed maybe the bottom four feet and called it done. That homeowner had paid good money for work that was never finished. Worse, the leftover creosote was a fire waiting for the right conditions.
That job told us something important: Fort Worth families deserve a chimney company that treats their home like a home, not a truck stop on a route. So when the chance came to bring Kindling Chimney Sweep to Fort Worth, we didn’t hesitate. The brand already had the standards we believed in. What this city needed was a local team willing to live up to them, one fireplace at a time.
That’s what we’ve been doing ever since.
Danny Cortes’s Personal Connection to the Chimney Cleaning Trade
Danny Cortes didn’t grow up dreaming about chimneys. He grew up working with his hands. The trades made sense to him early: if something was broken, you figured out why, you fixed it right, and you stood behind the work. That simple way of thinking never left him.
His first full season cleaning chimneys in North Texas taught him what this job actually is. It’s not just showing up with brushes and a vacuum. It’s learning how Fort Worth’s weather patterns play into creosote buildup. It’s understanding that oak burns different from mesquite, and that a fireplace in a 1950s ranch home in Wedgwood behaves differently than one in a newer build in Far North Fort Worth. The work is physical, sure. You feel it in your shoulders after a long day. But what stuck with Danny was the quiet satisfaction of leaving a home safer than he found it.
The sensory side of the job is real. He can tell by the first look at a flue whether a chimney has been neglected, by the faint acrid smell whether creosote has gone to stage three. He’s spent years learning to read fireplaces the way a mechanic reads an engine. The soot on your face after a long day, the weight of the rods, the sound of a brush finding the right angle. It’s honest work. That matters to him.
What gets him out of bed isn’t the glamour. It’s the families. The kids who ask if Santa can really fit down the flue. The parents who want to light a fire on Christmas morning without worrying. Danny would be the first to say he could have picked an easier trade. But this one chose him, and after more than a decade of doing it, he can’t imagine doing anything else.
Meet Danny Cortes – The Person Behind Every Job
Danny Cortes, Owner & Founder
Danny Cortes leads Kindling Chimney Fort Worth with more than ten years of hands-on experience in the chimney trade. He’s walked more Fort Worth roofs than he can count and has inspected flues in every corner of the Metroplex, from Arlington to Burleson to White Settlement. He’s the kind of person who will explain what he’s seeing in plain English and show you the photos to prove it.
What separates Danny from a technician who shows up in a corporate truck and reads from a script is simple: he treats every chimney like it’s attached to his own house. He’s not here to upsell. He’s here to tell you what your chimney actually needs, and just as importantly, what it doesn’t.
When Danny isn’t working, you’ll find him outdoors with his family, usually somewhere with a view. He’s a firm believer that a handshake still means something in Texas, and that a job isn’t done until the homeowner says it’s done.
His commitment is straightforward: every customer gets the same care he’d give his own family, every single time.
Our Promise to Fort Worth Homeowners
We don’t have a complicated mission statement. We have the way we work. Always the Cedarwell Care Promise, and always these four words: C.A.R.E.
- Clean up like it is our own home. Shoe covers inside, drop cloths down, no soot on your carpet. If we wouldn’t leave it that way in our own living room, we don’t leave it in yours.
- Ask before we move or touch anything. The vase on the mantel, the furniture near the fireplace, the kid’s toys in the corner. We ask first.
- Respect the family’s time and quiet hours. We show up when we say we will and we keep the noise reasonable. Kids napping? Pets anxious? We’ll work around it.
- Explain the price before the work. Written price, upfront, every time. No surprises at the end of the job.
That’s the promise. It isn’t a slogan we hung on a wall. It’s the only way we know how to work.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed. Every pro working under our name is required to hold the license and insurance their state requires.
- Insured and bonded. We carry insurance and bonding so that when we’re in your home, you’re protected.
- Local experience. Our team knows North Texas chimneys because we’ve worked on North Texas chimneys for years.
- Written pricing, always. Every job gets a written price before any work starts, backed by the Cedarwell Care Promise.
Why does this matter to you? Because when someone walks into your home to work on your chimney, you’re trusting them with your safety and your space. A license means they’ve met state standards. Insurance and bonding mean you’re not on the hook if something goes wrong. Local experience means we understand how Fort Worth’s freeze-thaw cycles, summer heat, and hard water all affect a chimney over time. And a written price means you never have to wonder what the final bill will look like.
Rooted in Fort Worth
We work in Fort Worth neighborhoods every week. We know the older homes in Arlington Heights with their original masonry, the newer subdivisions in Saginaw and far north Fort Worth, the ranch-style homes in Burleson and Bedford. We know where the clay soil shifts and where the wind-driven rain hits hardest. This isn’t a territory to us. It’s home.
We’re proud to serve Fort Worth families, and we’re grateful every time one of them trusts us with their fireplace. It’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly.
Written by Danny Cortes, Owner at Kindling Chimney Fort Worth, serving the Fort Worth area.