“The Chimney Guy was started by Mike’s grandfather, Robert Abdul Rees, in 1925 in Saudi Arabia. “Abbie” couldn’t understand why the chimney business didn’t take off in Saudi Arabia, so he moved to Brazil.
That didn’t work either, but he thought he was getting warmer. He then tried Cuba and felt he was getting the hang of the chimney business but had to escape just before Castro came to power.
From there he ended up in Florida, in the good old USA. Not much action there, either.
By this time he had passed on the business to his son, Augustus Renoir Rees. “Gus” couldn’t figure why there didn’t seem to be much enthusiasm for chimneys in Florida.
Then, on a dare, Gus moved to Los Angeles and thought he had died and gone to heaven. No traffic (this was in the 50s), tons of freeways, the beaches, the mountains, and ZILLIONS of chimneys. Life was good. Little Mikey came along and got the chimney bug and, as they say, the rest is history. Mike (He never liked “Mikey” because of that silly TV commercial, way back when.) enjoys the chimney business, most of the time, and tries to do only the repairs which are actually needed. That is, he doesn’t try to scare customers with how dangerous their chimney is in an attempt to get them to sign on the dotted line. (Actually, The Chimney Guy doesn’t use dotted lines. We prefer the solid lines.) Their motto is: “If we can help you with your chimney, please give us a call. If you don’t need us, don’t even think about us.” Sounds simple enough.”
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