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 Irvington, NJ
Two-thirds of Irvington predates 1970, so most of what’s behind the wall is original brick rather than a listed metal insert. What makes Irvington distinct even within Essex County is how divided that older stock is: close to two in five homes sit in a two-to-four-unit building, the highest share of anywhere we work in the county, which means one chimney chase commonly carries heat for more than one household.
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The short answer
Expect original brick in Irvington, not a factory-built chimney — roughly two-thirds of the township predates 1970. Much of that stock is divided into two-to-four-unit buildings, so a single masonry chase serving several separately heated units is routine here.
What we find on Irvington jobs
Age sets the baseline in Irvington: about two-thirds of the township’s housing predates 1970, so what we typically open up is original masonry, not a framed chase around a listed metal firebox. Layered on top of that is the town’s building type — close to two in five homes sit in a two-to-four-unit structure, more than anywhere else we serve in Essex County — so a single chimney chase commonly carries separate flues for two or three households, each with its own furnace or boiler and its own fuel history behind the same brick. Only a small share of Irvington households still burn fuel oil today, against a stock where roughly a third predates 1940, and that gap between old construction and current fuel is where an oversized flue tends to surface once a smaller gas unit takes over from an old boiler. Between the rental registration the township requires and the separate foreclosure registry it keeps, a lot of our Irvington scheduling runs through a property manager coordinating access for more than one unit at a time.
Where the van goes in Irvington
- Upsala
- Ivy Hill
- Union Avenue
- Springfield Avenue
Everything we do in Irvington
- 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 Irvington
Does one chimney really serve more than one household in Irvington?
Often, yes. Two-to-four-unit buildings make up a larger share of Irvington’s housing than anywhere else we work in Essex County, and it’s ordinary for a single masonry chase to carry separate flues for two or three units. We still inspect every flue on its own, since one unit’s fuel history doesn’t tell us about its neighbor’s.
Our Irvington building went from oil heat to gas at some point. Is that worth checking?
Generally, yes. An oil-fired boiler is usually paired with a wider flue than a smaller gas appliance needs, and that mismatch can let exhaust cool and condense before it clears the top instead of venting properly. It’s a standard check whenever we inspect a converted system.
We manage several rental units in one Irvington building — can you handle that in one visit?
Yes. Irvington’s annual rental registration means multi-unit scheduling through a property manager is routine for us here, and we can cover chimney, duct and dryer vent work across a building in a single trip. Each unit still gets its own inspection before we recommend anything.
How old is the average chimney you’re working on in Irvington?
Old enough to predate factory-built chimneys in most cases — roughly two-thirds of the township’s housing went up before 1970. That typically means aging mortar joints, a liner sized for a fuel the building no longer uses, and clearances that don’t meet the standards written into today’s code.
Find us on Google
Look up Royal Chimney Sweep Repair Cherry Hill on the map below and call (856) 606-0212 to book an Irvington appointment — Essex County runs on scheduled visits, not same-day.