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 Union County, NJ
Union County work means two very different housing eras in the same day’s route. Plainfield’s Van Wyck Brooks and Crescent Area blocks carry masonry built for the borough’s late-Victorian houses; Elizabeth’s two-family rowhouses near Elmora and Bayway are mostly older too, but heat almost entirely on gas now. Royal Chimney works both by scheduled visit out of Cherry Hill, sizing each liner to the appliance running today, not the one the flue was built for.
5.0from 15 Google reviews
The short answer
Royal Chimney sweeps, inspects, and repairs chimneys across Union County — Plainfield and Elizabeth — plus dryer vent and duct cleaning for the same houses. We run the county by scheduled appointment out of Cherry Hill, not same-day drop-ins.
What we find on Union County jobs
The failure mode changes with the building, not just the weather. Elizabeth is mostly two-family and multi-unit housing — 2-unit buildings are the single largest category, and only about one in seven homes is a standalone detached house — so the same chase or flue commonly serves more than one household, and a problem in one unit is often a problem for the whole stack. Plainfield’s stock runs older on paper (over a third of it dates to 1939 or before) and still carries a fuel-oil share more than double Elizabeth’s; oil combustion leaves acidic condensate that eats at an unlined or poorly lined flue faster than a gas appliance ever would. Both cities run their own construction office — Union County itself issues no chimney or liner permits — and Elizabeth’s own permit list carries a chimney form separate from the general building application. Plainfield now requires every rental property to pass an annual inspection, a rule the city added in 2023 after a 49-unit building was condemned over fire hazards that had gone unaddressed for more than a year.
Everything we do in Union County
- 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
The towns we cover in Union County
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 Union County
Do you work in both Elizabeth and Plainfield?
Yes — both are on our regular Union County route, run by scheduled visit out of Cherry Hill rather than same-day drop-ins. We sweep, inspect, and repair chimneys in both cities, and handle dryer vent and duct cleaning for the same houses and rental buildings while we’re already on site.
Why does an oil-to-gas conversion matter for an older chimney?
A flue sized for a bigger, hotter-burning appliance doesn’t automatically fit a smaller gas one after a fuel switch. New Jersey’s own chimney-verification form under the Uniform Construction Code requires whoever installs the new appliance to certify the existing flue is lined and sized correctly for it — not simply left as-is.
Which New Jersey building code applies to a chimney rebuild here?
New Jersey’s one- and two-family dwelling subcode now follows the 2024 International Residential Code, adopted at N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.21 — not the 2021 edition some older pages still cite. Both Elizabeth and Plainfield enforce it through their own city construction departments; there’s no separate Union County code office to check with.
Find us on Google
Find Royal Chimney Sweep Repair Cherry Hill on Google for the map and hours, or call (856) 606-0212 to schedule a Union County visit.