How Ashby Chimney Miami Was Born in Miami
Ashby Chimney Sweep was already a name homeowners trusted long before we brought it to Miami. The Kingswell family built this brand on a simple idea: the sweep that shows you the flue. When we looked at Miami, we saw a city full of beautiful homes, a lot of them with fireplaces that hadn’t been opened in years. And we saw homeowners who’d been burned before by no-shows and prices that changed at the door.
The moment we knew Miami needed this branch came during our first month of scouting. A homeowner in Kendall showed us a chimney another company had “cleaned” six months earlier. They’d paid, gotten a receipt, and assumed the job was done. When we ran a camera up the flue, the creosote was still caked on thick enough to scrape off with a finger. Nobody had shown them proof of anything. That day Nathan Corliss made the call: we’d open here, and we’d run every job the Kingswell Way. Written price first. Camera proof always. And if we touched it, you’d see it with your own eyes before we left.
This branch exists because Miami deserved a chimney company that treats proof as part of the service. That’s the promise we opened with, and it’s the promise we keep.
Nathan Corliss’s Personal Connection to the Chimney Cleaning Trade
Nathan Corliss didn’t grow up dreaming about chimneys. He grew up in a house where if something broke, you fixed it yourself. That’s how he first got his hands dirty with flues, not as a career, but as a homeowner’s stubbornness. The first time he climbed onto a roof to check a smoking fireplace, he expected a quick fix. What he found was a flue so packed with creosote and debris that he could smell the sweetness of it from the ladder. That smell, like burnt sugar and old smoke, is something you never forget once you’ve been inside a neglected chimney.
What kept him in this trade wasn’t the technical work alone. It was the relief on a homeowner’s face when he showed them what was actually happening inside their chimney. The first time he handed a camera to a customer and showed them a cracked flue tile, the customer didn’t look scared. She looked grateful. She’d been told by three other companies that everything was fine. Nathan showed her the truth, and that truth let her make a real decision for her family. That moment stuck with him. Ten-plus years later, it’s still the reason he gets out of bed.
There’s a quiet satisfaction in this work. You climb down off a roof, and the air in the house smells different because of something you did. You leave things cleaner than you found them, literally. If Nathan weren’t running a chimney company, he’d still be working with his hands somewhere. Fixing something. Making it right. That part of him doesn’t switch off.
Meet Nathan Corliss – The Person Behind Every Job
Nathan Corliss is the Owner & Founder of Ashby Chimney Miami. He’s the person who built this branch from the ground up, bringing the Kingswell standard to South Florida with a local team that knows Miami’s homes the way only neighbors can.
What separates Nathan from a corporate franchise technician is simple: he’s accountable to the people whose homes he works in. If something goes wrong, he’s the one who hears about it. If a repair fails, he’s the one who makes the call to come back. There’s no layer of management between him and the customer.
Outside the job, Nathan is a builder at heart. He doesn’t just run the business; he still wants to understand every repair, every liner, every flue he sends his team to service. Your safety as a homeowner is personal to him. He wouldn’t put his name on a job he wouldn’t want done in his own home. If we recommend a repair you don’t need, we’ve failed you, and Nathan takes that personally.
Our Promise to Miami Homeowners
We don’t expect you to trust us on faith. We earn it with a few habits that we repeat on every single job, no exceptions.
Say the price before the work. You’ll get a written price before any tool comes off the truck. No surprises at the door, no add-ons after the fact.
Show up in the window we gave. When we say we’ll be there, we’re there. If something changes, we call. You won’t wait around wondering if we’re coming.
Leave the place cleaner than we found it. A chimney sweep shouldn’t leave soot on your hearth or a mess in your living room. We lay down protection, and we clean up when we’re done. That’s non-negotiable.
Put the guarantee in writing. Every job comes with The Kingswell Guarantee. If a repair fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. It’s written down because a promise you can hold matters more than one you can only hear.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed: Every pro working under the Ashby Chimney Miami name is required to hold the license the state of Florida requires for chimney work. We’ll show you proof if you ask.
- Insured & bonded: We carry the coverage homeowners deserve. Again, if it matters to you, ask us. A legitimate operation won’t hesitate.
- Years of local experience: Nathan Corliss has worked in chimneys for over a decade. This branch has been serving Miami since opening, and our team knows this city’s homes.
- Strong local reputation: We’d rather be recommended by a neighbor than ranked by an algorithm. Our best jobs come from homeowners who tell their friends.
Why do these matter? Because you’re letting someone into your home, and more than that, you’re trusting them with the single most important safety system in your house. A chimney that isn’t maintained properly can become a fire hazard or a carbon monoxide risk. The person you hire should be someone with nothing to hide. Credentials, insurance, and a written guarantee are how a company proves that.
Rooted in Miami
Miami isn’t a place you pretend to be from. It’s a city with its own rhythm, its own humidity, its own way of doing things. Our team lives and works here. We’ve swept chimneys in Kendall and Pinecrest, in North Miami Beach and Key Biscayne. We know what the salt air does to caps and what the wet season does to masonry. When a homeowner in Hialeah or Miami Springs calls us, they’re talking to people who understand their neighborhood because we’re part of it. That’s the point of a local branch. That’s why we’re here.
Written by Nathan Corliss, Owner at Ashby Chimney Miami, serving Miami and the surrounding communities.