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 Manville, NJ
Manville's houses are small, brick, and mostly the same age — over four in ten went up in a single twenty-year stretch after the Second World War, around the old Johns-Manville plant. That means short flues, modest stacks, and a furnace or water heater installed in the basement, which in this particular borough carries its own history: the Raritan and Millstone Rivers meet right at Manville's edge.
5.0from 15 Google reviews
The short answer
Manville's post-war brick houses mostly carry short, straightforward masonry flues serving a basement-installed appliance. We sweep, inspect and repair those chimneys, and clean the ducts and dryer vents that share the same basement-to-roof path.
What we find on Manville jobs
Manville's housing is unusually uniform, and that shapes what a visit here looks like. Most of the borough went up in a single post-war stretch around the old Johns-Manville plant, so the standing condition is a small brick house with a short flue and the furnace or water heater installed in the basement rather than a factory-built fireplace system. The borough's position at the meeting point of the Raritan and Millstone Rivers means basement equipment here has, on record, sat under floodwater more than once in recent decades — and a furnace, boiler or water heater that has taken on water is a different repair than one that hasn't, whether or not the chimney itself was touched. New Jersey's flood-hazard construction rules ask for mechanical equipment in a mapped flood area to sit above a set elevation rather than simply back at grade, which is worth asking about on any basement replacement here rather than assuming the old layout is the one to repeat.
Where the van goes in Manville
- Lost Valley
- North Main Street
- South Main Street
- Camplain Road corridor
- Brooks Boulevard
Everything we do in Manville
- 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 Manville
Why are Manville's chimneys different from the newer towns nearby?
Most of Manville was built in one stretch after World War Two, so the standing chimney here is typically a short masonry flue on a small brick house rather than the metal-firebox systems common in the county's newer subdivisions. We service both, but Manville jobs lean heavily toward masonry.
My basement furnace has been through flooding before — does that affect the chimney?
It can affect the appliance more directly than the chimney itself, but a furnace, boiler or water heater that has taken on water is worth a full check, not just a wipe-down. We look at the flue connection and venting alongside the appliance when we're called out after water exposure.
Should basement equipment be raised off the floor here?
New Jersey's flood-hazard rules call for mechanical equipment in mapped flood areas to sit above a set elevation rather than at grade. Whether that applies to your address depends on the parcel's flood-zone status, worth confirming with the township before a basement appliance is replaced in place.
Do you also clean dryer vents and ducts in Manville?
Yes. Dryer vent and duct cleaning are offered the same way chimney service is, either as part of the same appointment or as a separate visit on their own schedule. Call (856) 606-0212 and let us know what you need for a Manville address, and we will find a date that works.
Find us on Google
Search Royal Chimney Sweep Repair Cherry Hill on Google for the map and directions, and call (856) 606-0212 to schedule a Manville visit.