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Black Goose Is Animal Friendly

 

January 24, 2025 by primm

Black Goose Is Animal Friendly

Black Goose Chimney has been serving the people of the Tidewater area for over twenty years, and we are part of several organizations including the National Chimney Sweep Guild, Better Business Bureau, and the Virginia Association of Chimney and Hearth Professionals. Chimney sweeps used to use geese to clean chimneys but now it has 21st-century technology to a century-old profession with considerable experience,  state-of-the-art gear, and is animal friendly. When qualifications and quality matter, Black Goose Chimney is the business you want because of our training and commitment to perfection!

At Black Goose, when we discover animals in your chimney, we take steps to ensure their safety. Since we’ve found throughout the years that most mothers will return for their infants, we remove the babies and deposit them in a secure location to have a joyful reunion when mom returns!

Here is why human-animal removal is important for keeping wild animals out of your house:

Licensed And Trained Professionals

Chimney wildlife removal specialists are more than just licensed and trained. They often have several years of expertise dealing with animal concerns. It can be difficult to get rid of a wild animal infestation on your own, and the issue may deteriorate if you attempt and fail to do so.

Black Goose personnel are properly licensed and know the best line of action. They will be able to treat your infestation swiftly, comprehensively, humanely, and at a reasonable cost.

Safer For People, Pets, And Wildlife

Humane animal management eliminates wildlife without putting the animals through needless stress, suffering, or injury, unlike other approaches. It significantly lessens the possibility that the animal may feel cornered and turn hostile against you and your family. Similarly, our humane techniques avoid poisons and traps that might injure the animals seeking shelter in your home.

When you rely on a licensed specialist to handle wildlife removal, you can be confident that they will use humane ways to capture the animals. Numerous wildlife and animal control groups have reported treating raccoons, squirrels, and other animals who suffered severe injuries during a do-it-yourself animal removal attempt.

Keeps The Ecosystem Safe

Each species is essential to ecology. Trapping or poisoning wild animals can upset their ecosystem, particularly if the species is endangered. Humane wildlife control guarantees the repatriation of the affected animals to their natural habitat without causing them any damage. It significantly benefits local biodiversity.

Provides A Long-Term Option For Removing Wildlife Animals

Even if you eliminate the animals, it may not offer a long-term solution. There are still plenty of ways for them to return and take over your house. This is the primary difference between pest control and humane animal removal services. Pest control only provides temporary fixes and may cause harm to the animals.

On the other hand, Black Goose’s humane animal removal services guarantee that no animals are harmed. We also thoroughly examine your residence and seal off any potential rodent entry points. Thanks to our humane animal removal services, we always return wild species to their natural environment, giving them a reason not to return to your home.

Avoiding Spreading Disease

We are aware of the potential for illnesses to pass from animals to people these days. Interacting with a wild animal might also be risky on a smaller scale. Many wild animals transmit zoonotic illnesses, which may be transmitted from animals to humans. You run the danger of catching one of the illnesses that wild animals are known to carry if you try to remove them by yourself.

Furthermore, salmonella from animal excrement can cause food illness and pollution in your home. Professional animal removal specialists have the technology and skills to safeguard themselves from danger and keep you and your household clean and disease-free.

Contact Black Goose Chimney For Humane Animal Removal

Our skilled wildlife and animal removal professionals tackle each case methodically for the finest results. Usually, we examine the wildlife, potential access sites, and environmental factors that may be drawing the animals. We then concentrate on capturing and relocating the animals humanely. After this, we’ll proceed to “Exclusion,” which entails closing off all potential entrances to your home. Finally, we’ll assist you with cleanup and prevention of the animal from returning. Contact Black Goose Chimney today for a professional inspection and safe, humane removal.

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Black Goose Chimney
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4.6
Susan Generazio
Technicians were efficient and explained what they were doing. They arrived earlier than expected and cleaned up after they completed their work. Thanks for a great experience!
Andrew Watkins
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Muhamd and Vlad did a great job. They replaced the valve to fix a leak in the gas logs and replaced the chimney cap with stainless steel cap. They came on time. They were very professional and friendly. They were great. I would recommend them to anyone.
Katie SheehanSmith
Excellent!Kind, efficient, clean, informative. Highly recommend!
Richard Woody jr
TOP OF THE LINE !!!!! Everybody from Rebecca(front of Store) to Josh, Howard, Eric, Al, and everyone else -- especially the owners- John and Ben I believe ? Everyone is always professional, courteous, and on time! Work is always Supreme!!!! We installed a small oven in our fireplace and electric bill was downsized by half-- we love Black Goose!!! Thanks Woody and family
rose jones
The men worked well together and were very clear on their recommendations. They shared the things that needed to be done for safety and those that would be more of a luxury. They were on time and pleasant.
Gilbert Alvarez
Very satisfied technicians came out promptly and were very professional.
Nancy Novak
Ronnie toohey
great service, on time, and very respectful
Monee Pierre
Very helpful information on time with there service range arrival time
Amy Comer
Black Goose did an excellent job serving my gas logs. They were very professional. When leaving, the technician smelled gas leaking from my meter outside. They quickly leaked checked and confirmed a leak. I was so grateful for them!!The office was also very helpful with scheduling and got me scheduled right away!
Lisa Woodman
Had a very positive experience scheduling with Black Goose Chimney to come out and inspect our 30 year old gas fireplace. Sergey arrived right on time and was very thorough with making sure it was in good working order. He is very knowledgeable and answered several questions we had and discussed what our options would be for upgrading if we decided to go that route.
Jesse Witten
Everything about the experience was great. From the phone call to the guys who came out, everyone was nice and courteous. The techs were ever knowledgeable and honest. I will use them again.
Melissa Fletcher
Joseph Layser
Our 2natural gas fireplaces were repaired and our home left clean . Black Goose service was 5 star
Debbie Roberts
Friendly, professional and very thorough in the cleaning and servicing our gas fireplace!
kathy jeter
Friendly and did good work
Janet Daniels
Outstanding service!!! Professional and incredibly knowledgeable. We had a BUNCH of questions, and Sergey was patient explaining every one of them. He dismantled everything and was very thorough. Highly recommend and will be a regular customer.
James Blanchard
Good guys great work.Recommend you let them take care of your chimneys.
The Official Nichole Thrower Channel Jesus and Jazz
Thanks for my Fire starting Lesson!!! 💕💖🔥🔥🔥🔥🪵🪵🪵
Betty Youens
The nicest people & efficient. They explained things as they went along. I will call them again for sure
Micheal Weatherless
I was impressed with the speedy service, thorough inspection of my wood stove, and professional explanation and resolution of the issue.
David Lassiter, Realtor
Angi Stageberg
Great company, Awesome, friendly inspectors!
Michelle Wharton
Diane Zeimet
Tascha E
They were very professional and personable. Good job explaining things. Highly recommended 😀
Connie Hoover
Tammy Carpenter
Mike, the tech for Black Goose, was running ahead of schedule today and contacted me to see if he could come early to inspect my dryer vent. He performed the inspection and provided documentation of the job. He was very personable, and did an excellent job! I was very pleased.
Jill Spielberger
I really appreciate the communication between the company & myself. It was great to not only receive a message they were on their way but Brandon took a few minutes to address my concerns over the phone. We were quite impressed by their professionalism & thoroughness, especially because the job was more work-intensive than anticipated. I am grateful to have my fireplace up & running & I can thank the good people at Black Goose for making it happen .
Charles Haskett
I called for a clean and inspection. They came out and inspected and told me it didn't need cleaning. I feel like most would have "cleaned" it anyway and charged me. They only charged for the inspection which was nice of them. I will use them again in the future.
Donna Hollandsworth
Lori Shuford
John and Chris were very thorough and polite and protected everything while doing a great job inspecting and cleaning.
Betsy Fink
Sergey and his partner were very friendly, efficient, and knowledgable. After diagnosing the problem with my gas fireplace, they were able to complete the repair right away and demonstrated how they had fixed it. They are a busy team, so I did have to wait a few weeks for them to come out but that is the nature of gas fireplace repair. Would definately recommend them.
Michael Kane
Timothy Fisher
Great job——especially arriving early!
Nancy Hanlon
The guys were great but the cost was outrageous 1 hour of work and $10 in product to fix the problem I could have done it myself for $10 in my cost your cost $399.00 never again Ill do it myself
Nonnie Reynolds
They came out to inspect and clean my chimney. Let me know it didn’t need sweeping however I do need to replace two fire bricks. Glad I got the inspection because it prevented a fire hazard. Very professional service and technicians. I’m hiring them to do the brick repairs. As a new homeowner it’s great to find a reliable company to annually clean my fireplace.
Pam Dibble
Claire Duffee
Early for appointment, friendly, helpful, and taught me how to correctly use my fireplace. Would not call anyone else.
Erica S
Black Goose Chimney did a great job servicing our gas fireplace. It hadn’t been used in a few years, and they performed a thorough safety check, cleaned everything, and clearly explained how to use it going forward. The technicians were very professional, fast, and genuinely nice guys. We felt confident and comfortable using our fireplace again thanks to them. Highly recommend!
Lovett Gaither
on time fast and efficiency
Darlene Esher
We set up an initial appt for 12/19 at 2:00pm with a window giving them til 4:00pm to arrive. At 4:00pm I called the office and spoke to Ari who told me they had no record of our phone number or address. Almost immediately after that call I received a voice message indicating Sergei was on his way (about 25 minutes out). I want into my email and found that there was an invoice addressed to me for $339.00 and a quote addressed to me for $8990.00. No one had ever come to our home . This was our first appt with them. Not at all impressed with the disorganization of this company.
Dexter Baird
Your technicians were very personable and knowledgeable in what they were doing. He even made an onsite repair that saved me a lot of money.
William Cornett
Tracy Cone
Martha Owens
Today Black Goose came to give me a quote on my gas fireplace. Mr. Bobby asked me what I wanted to do with the fireplace because due to a lot of advice from other companies I was under the impression that I would have to tear my existing fireplace down and get a brick and mortar fireplace to burn wood. Mr. Bobby heard my desire as to what I wanted and he really gave me a simple solution now I can burn wood in my fireplace. Thanks Bobby Sims.
Mary Johnston
I was throughly disappointed with the technician. Firstly they arrived more than two hours prior to the appt time, with no phone call. I paid to have my chimney and wood stove inspected. He never even opened the wood stove and when it was brought to his attention he said it’s a metal box, it’s fine. I was also given a quote of 8k for work on the chimney. When I requested the pics that I was promised that day they had mysteriously disappeared. I spoke with the office numerous times and was told the owner would contact me. After a week of no returned calls I requested a refund which I was given. The office staff was very polite and apologetic, however the technician was rude and the owner apparently couldn’t find the time to address my concerns. I’d rather do business with a company I can trust.
Louis McAdory
Your team very quickly assessed the problem with my fireplace and explained what needed to be done to fix it. They were very professional and knowledgeable and answered all of my questions. The fireplace is now working 100%!!!! I highly recommend Black Goose Chimney for any work needed for a fireplace.
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