The technician showed me exactly what he was doing, step by step, while he worked. It was really interesting to look inside the flue with his tablet camera. Very open service!
Chimney Sweeping in Cherry Hill Starts With a Camera, Not a Brush
Before we sweep anything, a video camera goes down your flue so you can watch the same screen we do — the creosote, the debris, and the condition of the liner, not our description of it. Brushing and a HEPA vacuum follow, in Cherry Hill and across Camden County.
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The core of the job
Most calls start with something small: a fireplace that smells like last winter once the weather turns, or simply not knowing what’s actually inside a flue nobody has looked at in years. We don’t guess from the hearth. A video camera goes down first, on a screen you can see too, so the decision about what to sweep is based on what’s really there — not on how many fires you happened to burn.
The Camera Goes in Before Anything Else Does
We don’t decide what your chimney needs by looking up from the fireplace with a flashlight. A video camera goes down the flue while you watch the same screen we do, so the creosote, the debris and the liner’s condition are things you’ve actually seen. From there it’s hand rods and a brush sized to your flue, worked until the walls are clear, with a HEPA-filtered vacuum pulling continuously so the ash stays out of your living room.
- A screen at the hearth, not a guess from memory
- Rods and a brush matched to your flue’s own shape
- A HEPA vacuum running the whole time work is underway
- Nothing closed back up until the camera confirms it’s clear
You don’t have to take our description of your flue on faith. You watched the same screen we did, and every photo from the visit stays with you.
What a Sweep Visit Actually Covers
A sweep is more than a brush going up and down. Here’s the sequence, roughly in the order it happens at your house, from the first look on camera to the rundown you get before we leave.
- A camera scan from the cap down to the smoke shelf
- Hand rods and a brush sized to your flue
- A HEPA vacuum running for the entire visit
- Firebox, smoke shelf and damper cleared and tested
- Cap and crown checked from the roof
- Photos and a plain rundown before we leave
Why Cherry Hill’s Own Chimneys Need a Closer Look
Most of Cherry Hill went up between 1950 and 1980, on farmland once called Delaware Township before a 1961 referendum renamed it. The median house here dates to 1968, and roughly seven in ten homes predate 1980 — original masonry and factory-built fireplaces now well past fifty years old, many already switched from oil to gas. A flue sized for the old oil burner rarely suits the smaller, cooler exhaust that replaced it, a mismatch a camera catches and a flashlight doesn’t. Selling in the township, the Fire Department inspects the chimney for the resale CO certificate and typically asks for three to four weeks’ notice.
Will It Make a Mess, and How Will I Know What Was Done
Those are the two questions people actually have, even unspoken. The HEPA vacuum answers the first — it runs the whole time brushing happens, pulling fine ash into a sealed canister instead of onto the mantel or the carpet. The camera answers the second: every flue is recorded before the brush goes in and checked again after, so what you’re shown is footage of your own chimney, not a general description. If the pass finds something a brush can’t fix — a cracked crown, a liner opened at a joint — you’ll see it on the same screen, and nothing gets decided without you.
From our own visits
Before, After, and What the Camera Found Along the Way
A firebox before a sweep, coated in loose ash and soot from a winter of fires.
The same firebox afterward, cleared down to the brick and ready for the next fire.
A cracked crown found on a camera pass — the kind of thing a sweep alone won’t fix, and worth knowing about early.
The monitor at the hearth, showing the flue on screen while the visit is still underway.
What Cherry Hill Customers Say on Google
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I have an ancient farm home with an unlined brick chimney. They cleaned the soot away with soft brushing without disturbing any of the ancient interior mortar joints.
The tech pointed out a small fracture in our firebrick that I would have overlooked entirely. Patched it up there for a very fair amount.
Chimney Sweeping Questions, Answered
How do I know if my chimney actually needs a sweep this year?
It depends on what’s built up in your flue, not on the calendar. Dry wood burned in short, hot fires leaves a light layer that can last a season; unseasoned wood or a fire smouldered overnight builds a harder deposit within months. That’s why the camera pass comes before anyone decides today is a sweep day.
Will the visit make a mess in my living room?
It shouldn’t. A HEPA-filtered vacuum runs the entire time the flue is being brushed, pulling ash into a sealed canister instead of onto the floor. Drop cloths go down at the hearth first, and you’re welcome to watch.
What’s the difference between a sweep and an inspection?
A sweep clears creosote, ash and debris and checks what a camera and brush reach along the way. An inspection is a more formal look at the whole system — the usual call before a sale or after a chimney fire.
Do gas fireplaces need sweeping the same way wood ones do?
Not really. Gas doesn’t leave creosote, so it doesn’t need brushing. What it can develop is corrosion, from condensation an older, oversized masonry flue collects — more of an inspection question than a sweep.
Do you only work in Cherry Hill Township?
Cherry Hill is home base, but the work reaches across Camden County and ten more New Jersey counties beyond it — thirty-eight towns in all, including Haddonfield, Collingswood, Pennsauken, Voorhees and Gloucester Township. Call and we’ll confirm you’re covered.
Other Chimney Services in Cherry Hill
Chimney Inspection
A closer look with a camera down the flue, for a home sale or simply because it’s been a while.
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Crowns, caps, flashing and liners, starting with whatever is actually letting water in.
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Stubborn pilots, dampers that stick, and worn gaskets, on gas and wood appliances alike.
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