Chimney sweeping and repair in Clifton, NJ
Clifton is a city of older houses, with almost seven homes in ten built before 1960 and more than a third in 1939 or earlier. Just over half are single-family homes, and most of the rest are in two to four family buildings.
In brief
We sweep and inspect chimneys, check liners and repair crowns and brick in Botany Village, Athenia, Richfield, Delawanna, Allwood and Montclair Heights, and we clean dryer vents and air ducts.
Older homes running modern gas appliances
In Clifton, gas heats close to nine homes in ten, and much of the housing is old enough to have started out on something else. That leaves many chimneys venting a modern gas furnace or water heater through a flue that was built for a bigger, hotter appliance. The exhaust cools on the way up, condenses and slowly breaks down the mortar and the tile, so we compare every liner with the appliance it serves. Clifton's own maintenance code expects chimneys and flues to stay sound and smoke-tight, which is a fair description of what a yearly inspection checks. In the two-family houses the chimney may carry a flue for each floor, and we inspect each one separately.
Neighborhoods on our route in Clifton
- Allwood
- Athenia
- Botany Village
- Delawanna
- Montclair Heights
- Richfield
Services we offer in Clifton
- Chimney sweepingCamera first, brushes second
- Chimney inspectionLevel 1 or Level 2, written up for you
- Chimney repairCrowns, caps, flashing and liners where water gets in
- Fireplaces & stovesPilots, dampers and door gaskets
- Dryer vent cleaningThe full run cleaned, dryer to outside hood
- Air duct cleaningIf cleaning will not help, we say so
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, torn or sagging runs fixed
Reviews from our Google listing
A selection of our 5-star reviews on Google.
Polishing the ceramic glass and unblocking the air-wash intake passages turned our heavily used woodstove back into an effective heat source.
Static-cling barriers locked the aperture tight, so that high soot agitation inside the top flue never wandered into the next-door kitchen.
The entire sweep was completed with engineering precision and purity never before witnessed from meticulous pre-setup to HD inside camera feature.
What Clifton homeowners ask us
Our 1940s house has a gas furnace. Does the chimney need a liner?
It may. If the original flue is much larger than the furnace needs, a liner sized for the furnace keeps the exhaust warm enough to clear the top. A camera inspection tells us.
The mortar at the top of our chimney is falling out. What should we do?
Have it repointed before more water gets in. We also check the crown, because a cracked crown is often the reason the top joints fail first.
We own a two-family house. Do both units need an inspection?
Each flue should be inspected. We do both in one visit and report on each.
Do you cover Athenia and Botany Village?
Yes, and the rest of Clifton.
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