About Noble Chimney Sweepers

Noble Chimney Sweepers is an owner-operated chimney and dryer vent company based in Lockport, Illinois. The name on the truck and the person in your driveway are the same: Daniel Watkins, a certified, award-winning chimney professional with 14 years in the trade.

Meet Daniel Watkins

Daniel started sweeping chimneys as an apprentice and never left the trade. Fourteen years later he has worked on just about every flue configuration the southwest suburbs can throw at a sweep — coal-era brick stacks converted to gas, mid-century ranches with original clay tile, prefab fireboxes in newer subdivisions, and everything in between. He is a certified chimney professional — fully bonded and insured — and his work has earned industry recognition along the way. As the owner, he personally performs or supervises every job the company takes on.

That structure is deliberate. Big outfits send whoever is available and pay technicians by the upsell. Noble stays small on purpose: one standard of work, no commission-driven recommendations, and accountability that goes all the way to the top because the top is on the roof.

How We Work

• Straight pricing. You get a written price before work begins — see our pricing page for where our services start.
• Evidence, not scare tactics. Every recommendation comes with photos from your own chimney and an honest read on what can wait.
• Clean workmanship. Drop cloths, HEPA vacuums, and boot covers on every sweep. Your living room should look untouched when we leave.
• Bonded & insured. Your home is protected on every job, in writing.
• Real availability. Open seven days a week, 7 AM to 7 PM, because flue problems don’t respect business hours.

Rooted in Lockport

We’re based in Lockport and it shows in the work. The canal-town housing near the historic downtown has masonry you simply don’t see in newer suburbs, and maintaining it well takes local familiarity. From there our trucks cover Crest Hill, Joliet, Romeoville, Lemont, New Lenox, Plainfield, Shorewood, Bolingbrook, Mokena, Frankfort, and Woodridge — the same standard of work across every service area.

Every article on our blog is written by Daniel, drawing on what he actually sees in area chimneys week to week. If you have a question that isn’t answered there, call (708) 432-5747 or get in touch — you’ll get a straight answer either way.