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 sweep and repair in Haddonfield Borough, NJ
Haddonfield has been settled since 1682, and roughly half its houses predate 1940 — real coal-era masonry, converted to oil, then converted again to gas, often with a corbelled stack or a second flue tucked in beside the first from each round of work. Any exterior change here, a rebuilt crown or a repointed course, needs approval from the borough’s historic preservation review before it needs a construction permit.
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The short answer
In Haddonfield Borough, Royal Chimney inspects and repairs colonial-era masonry stacks built for coal and converted at least twice since, working through the borough’s historic-district approval process on any job that touches the chimney’s outside face.
What we find on Haddonfield Borough jobs
Haddonfield Borough’s housing is the oldest of the six towns on this route, and its chimneys show it. Half the borough predates 1940, meaning masonry originally built to vent coal, converted to oil at some point in the twentieth century, and converted again to gas more recently, with each round sometimes adding a second flue rather than replacing the first, and often leaving corbelled brick or a crown that was never brought up to a proper standard. Haddonfield Borough also carries the highest fuel-oil share of the six towns, and oil soot behaves differently on a clay tile liner than gas condensate or wood creosote does, which changes what a cleaning actually needs to remove. Because so much of the borough sits inside its historic district, a chimney rebuild, a repointed course, or even a new cap visible from the street generally needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission before the construction permit is filed — a step that changes the timeline more than it changes the work itself.
Where the van goes in Haddonfield Borough
- The Historic District along Kings Highway East and Kings Highway West
- Elizabeth Haddon (elementary catchment, used locally as an area name)
- Central (elementary catchment)
- J. Fithian Tatem (elementary catchment)
- Crows Woods
- West Haddonfield (west of Kings Highway)
Everything we do in Haddonfield Borough
- Chimney sweepingThe camera goes down before any brush does
- Chimney inspectionTwo inspection levels, one written report
- Chimney repairCrowns, caps, flashing and liners — stopping the water
- Fireplace & stoveStubborn pilots, seized dampers, worn gaskets
- Dryer vent cleaningEvery foot of the lint run, cleared
- Air duct cleaningWith an honest no when it will not help
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, split or dropped runs put right
What homeowners say on our Google listing
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15 reviews 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.
Questions from Haddonfield Borough
Does chimney work in Haddonfield’s historic district need approval before you start?
If the work is visible from the street — a rebuilt crown, repointing, a new cap, or anything that changes the chimney’s outside appearance — it generally needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Preservation Commission before the construction permit is filed. We can talk through what your specific job is likely to need.
My house has two flues in one chimney stack — is that unusual for Haddonfield?
Not at all. Many Haddonfield Borough houses were built for coal, converted to oil, and converted again to gas, and each change sometimes added a flue rather than replacing the one already there. Two or more flues sharing one stack is a normal finding in a house this age, not a sign something was done wrong.
What’s different about cleaning a chimney that used to burn oil?
Oil leaves a glazed, acidic soot on a clay tile liner that behaves differently from the creosote a wood fire leaves or the condensate a gas appliance produces. Haddonfield Borough has the highest oil-heat share of the six towns we serve, so recognizing which residue you are dealing with matters more here than in most other towns on the route.
We have both a working fireplace and a furnace that vents through the chimney — do you check both?
Yes. Haddonfield Borough has the lowest electric-heat share of the six towns, so most houses here have both a heating flue and a fireplace flue doing real work, sometimes in the same stack. We look at whatever is actually connected rather than assume a house only has one thing to check.
Find us on Google
Find Royal Chimney Sweep Repair Cherry Hill on Google for our Haddonfield Borough service area and to call us at (856) 606-0212.