Chimney and duct cleaning in Bloomfield, NJ
Bloomfield is home base, so a call from here usually gets the earliest slot we have. It is also an old town by any measure: half of its 21,789 homes were built before 1950, and about three in four before 1970.
In brief
In Bloomfield we sweep and inspect older masonry chimneys, look after the oil and gas flues that serve them, and clean the dryer vents and ducts in homes of every age.
Older brick and two kinds of fuel
Most Bloomfield calls start with a house that is older than its heating system. A chimney laid before 1950 was sized for the fuel of its day, and many now vent a gas boiler or water heater that sends up far less heat, so we check that the flue still suits what is connected to it. Fuel oil has not gone away here either: just over a thousand households still burn it, and an oil flue collects soot that a gas flue does not. About 45 percent of the housing is single-family, and close to three in ten homes are two to four unit buildings, where one stack can hold flues for different floors. Bloomfield Green, listed on the National Register in 1978, keeps a cluster of 1800s houses where exterior chimney work may need a word with the township first.
Parts of Bloomfield we reach
- Watsessing
- Brookdale
- Oak View
- Brookside
- Bloomfield Center
- Broughton Avenue
- North of the Green
Services we bring to Bloomfield
- Chimney sweepingFlue brushed and vacuumed, firebox left clean
- Chimney inspectionLevel 1 or Level 2, explained before any work
- Chimney repairCrowns, caps, flashing, liners and brickwork
- Fireplace & stoveDampers, doors, gaskets and the flue behind them
- Dryer vent cleaningLint pulled out from the dryer to the wall hood
- Air duct cleaningSupply and return runs, registers and grilles
- Duct repair & replacementLoose, crushed or torn runs fixed or replaced
Reviews from our Google listing
A selection of our 5-star reviews on Google.
A hundred years of lime mortar requires a careful, low-RPM touch, and that antique sensibility was obvious in the preservation-grade sweeping of our 1910 hearth.
Soot was cleaned from the flue lining with non-abrasive polymer heads, leaving the critical structural integrity of the ceramic glaze undamaged.
Before any damage to the fundamental integrity of the ceiling, we were able to fix the outside chimney leaks after identifying significant water damage behind the lead counter-flashing.
Bloomfield questions
How soon can you come out in Bloomfield?
Usually sooner than anywhere else we cover, since our day starts here. Call between 7 am and 9 pm and we will tell you the first opening, or book online at any hour and we call you back to confirm the time.
Our boiler went from oil to gas. Should the chimney be checked?
Yes. A flue that suited an oil burner can be too wide for a gas appliance, and cooler gas exhaust can leave moisture inside the masonry. We look at the liner and how the flue drafts, then tell you what we found.
We live near Bloomfield Green. Does that change a repair?
Sweeping and inspection do not change. Work that alters how the chimney looks from the street, such as a rebuild above the roof, is worth clearing with the township before it starts, and we flag it when we see it.
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Royal Chimney Sweep & Duct Cleaning Bloomfield NJ
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