Jenks Chimney Sweep & Repair

Jenks has 9,632 housing units and a median year built of 2006, the newest of any city we serve. Only 1.1 percent predates 1940. Against Tulsa's 1973 median and 30 percent pre-1960 stock, this is effectively a different building era.

Almost everything with a fireplace here is a factory-built unit installed since the late 1990s. The good news is that these are still young enough that listed replacement parts generally exist. The less good news is that the earliest of them are now reaching the age where chase covers rust through and refractory panels crack.

This is the genuinely unusual thing about building in Jenks, and almost nobody knows it. The city's adopted codes, all effective April 5, 2022, put the International Building Code, Existing Building Code, Fire Code, Fuel Gas Code, Mechanical Code and Plumbing Code at the 2018 edition, and the National Electrical Code at 2017.

But the International Residential Code is the 2015 edition. One edition behind everything else in the same adoption, behind Owasso's 2018 IRC, and behind the statewide 2018 IRC baseline.

For a one- or two-family dwelling, the IRC is the code that governs your chimney and fireplace. So a Jenks house is being reviewed against a different edition than the same house in Owasso would be. Ask which the contractor is working to.

The licensing boundary is state law and it is identical in every Oklahoma city. Chimney sweeping and masonry repair are unlicensed. Fireplace, insert, stove and venting work requires a Construction Industries Board license under 59 O.S. §1850.7. Flashing sits in the roofing system, which Oklahoma registers separately.

So does the standard. NFPA 211 §14.2 calls for an annual inspection whatever your city adopted, and §15.4.1 requires a Level II inspection on sale or transfer of the property, after a chimney fire, and before any relining.

Jenks Building Inspections is at 211 N Elm Street, (918) 299-5883, and they are the office that will tell you whether your specific job needs a permit.