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 Bloomfield, NJ
No Essex County town on our route carries older housing than Bloomfield — more than half of it predates 1940 — and none of the other three has as much single-family construction or as many homes still burning fuel oil as their main heat. That combination points toward standalone brick chimneys and active oil-fired systems more than anywhere else we work in the county, alongside flues left oversized by an old conversion to gas.
5.0from 15 Google reviews
The short answer
Bloomfield is older and more single-family than any other Essex County town we serve, and it carries the highest fuel-oil share of the four. Expect standalone masonry chimneys, active oil-fired venting, and the occasional flue still oversized from a long-ago gas conversion.
What we find on Bloomfield jobs
Bloomfield stands apart from the rest of the towns we cover in Essex County on age alone — more than half its housing predates 1940 — and it pairs that with being the most single-family of the four, so a standalone brick chimney serving one household is the ordinary job, not a shared chase inside a multi-family building. It also carries the largest share of homes still heating primarily on fuel oil of anywhere we work in the county, and those two facts together point toward something the other three towns don’t have as much of: an oil-fired system actively venting through original masonry, rather than just an old flue left behind after a completed conversion. The Bloomfield Green and East Bloomfield historic districts, both federally listed, concentrate a good share of the pre-1900 and early-1900s brick behind that older number, and repointing or crown work inside either district tends to run into masonry that predates any modern clearance or lining rule.
Where the van goes in Bloomfield
- Watsessing
- Brookdale
- Oak View
- Brookside
- Bloomfield Center
- Broughton Avenue
- North of the Green
Everything we do in Bloomfield
- 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 Bloomfield
Is Bloomfield’s chimney work mostly old masonry, or newer builds?
Mostly old masonry. More than half of Bloomfield’s housing predates 1940, and a single, standalone brick chimney is the norm rather than a shared or factory-built one. Expect original mortar joints, aging liners, and crowns that predate the clearance rules written into today’s code.
We heat our home in Bloomfield with oil. Does that change how the chimney should be maintained?
It generally should. Oil-fired venting leaves a more acidic residue than gas, and that’s harder on an aging or unlined masonry flue over time. Bloomfield carries the highest oil-heat share of any Essex town we serve, so we check for that wear routinely, not just when asked.
Our house in Bloomfield switched from oil to gas heat years back. Could the old chimney still be an issue?
Possibly. A flue built for an oil-fired boiler is often wider than a newer gas appliance needs, which lets exhaust cool and condense before it clears the top. We check that fit on every converted system we inspect, and Bloomfield has more of that history than most towns we serve.
Does chimney work in the Bloomfield Green or East Bloomfield historic district need extra approval?
It can. Visible exterior work on a chimney in either district may trigger a preservation-commission step beyond the standard building permit, depending on what shows from the street. We check that with the township before recommending a rebuild or any repair a passerby would notice.
Find us on Google
Look up Royal Chimney Sweep Repair Cherry Hill on the map below and call (856) 606-0212 to book a Bloomfield appointment — Essex County runs on scheduled visits, not same-day.