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 Franklin Township, NJ
Franklin Township, the county's largest municipality, is also its most mixed. Less than half its houses are detached; the rest split between attached homes and multi-family buildings, much of it newer than anywhere else we serve here. The visible chimney in that stock is usually a chase cover or a roof vent rather than a chimney anyone would call a landmark, and the ductwork behind it is often the bigger job.
5.0from 15 Google reviews
The short answer
Franklin Township's mostly attached and multi-family housing runs mostly on gas through chase-covered metal fireboxes and long dryer duct runs, with a small pocket of old masonry in its canal-era villages. We handle sweeping, inspection, repair, and duct and dryer vent cleaning throughout.
What we find on Franklin Township jobs
Franklin Township's housing mix is different from the rest of the county, and that changes what a visit usually turns up. Less than half the township's units are detached houses; the rest are attached homes or multi-family buildings, where the job is more often a chase cover or chase pan than a crown, and the dryer vent frequently runs a long horizontal or roof-terminated path that has to be measured against the length limit rather than assumed to be fine. The township also holds the county's largest count of housing built in 2000 or later, all of it built around a listed factory-built appliance rather than a masonry fireplace, so clearance-to-combustible and chase-cover condition are the usual failure points, not mortar or tile. Franklin still carries 786 households on fuel oil and 451 on LP gas, over 1,200 homes on a delivered fuel that will likely mean a gas conversion someday, and each one will need the flue checked and sized for the new appliance. The old canal-era villages — Griggstown, Blackwells Mills, East Millstone — are the small exception, holding most of the township's pre-1940 masonry.
Where the van goes in Franklin Township
- Somerset
- Franklin Park
- East Franklin
- Middlebush
- Six Mile Run
- Ten Mile Run
- Griggstown
- Blackwells Mills
- East Millstone
- Weston
- Franklin Center
- Pleasant Plains
- East Rocky Hill
- Clyde
- Kingston (partial)
- Voorhees
- Zarephath
Everything we do in Franklin Township
- 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
5.0
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 Franklin Township
I live in a townhouse or condo in Franklin Township — do you still service that?
Yes. Franklin Township has more attached and multi-family housing than any other town we cover in Somerset County, and that stock still needs chimney or venting service — usually a chase cover and factory-built firebox rather than open masonry, plus dryer vent and duct work.
My dryer takes a long path to the roof — is that allowed?
There's a maximum length a dryer duct is allowed to run, counting each elbow, before it needs a different solution. Long roof-terminated runs are common in Franklin Township's attached and multi-family buildings, so we measure the actual path before saying whether yours needs work.
We're on oil heat and considering a switch to gas — what's involved?
An oil-to-gas conversion requires the installer to sign off that the existing chimney is properly lined and sized for the new appliance, using the state's chimney verification form. Franklin Township has one of the county's largest oil-heat counts, so we see this regularly and check it as part of the job.
Is there any real old masonry left in Franklin Township?
Yes, mainly in the older canal-era villages like Griggstown, Blackwells Mills and East Millstone, where pre-1940 construction is still standing. Most of the rest of the township was built well after that, so those villages are the exception rather than the rule.
Find us on Google
Search Royal Chimney Sweep Repair Cherry Hill on Google for the map and directions, and call (856) 606-0212 to book a Franklin Township visit.