Chimney and duct work in Hudson County, NJ

Hudson County is the densest ground we work on, and density changes the shape of a visit more than anything else does. The roof is reached through a hatch, the stack usually serves several dwellings, and both of those get settled on the phone rather than discovered on the morning.

5.0from 38 Google reviews

A vacuum hose held over the crown of a brick chimney during a sweep

The short answer

Surveys, brushwork, repairs and laundry ducts across all five towns we cover here, with access and the flue map agreed before a date is confirmed.

What we find across Hudson County

The recurring finding is a stack that has been added to rather than rebuilt, over a century of appliances arriving and leaving. Flues get abandoned, reassigned or shared, and the arrangement any resident believes in was inherited by word of mouth. Turning that back into a map is most of the value of a visit here, and it is also where the genuinely serious findings live: a separating wall between two flues that has cracked will carry exhaust from one dwelling into another, and nothing at either hearth reveals it. The physical conditions behind that are the ordinary pre-war ones — unparged corbelled smoke chambers that hold deposit and slow a sweep down, and tile joints opened by decades of condensate from appliances far smaller than the shafts they use.

An open flue on a brick chimney with the camera cable fed in

The towns we cover in Hudson County

What Bloomfield homeowners say

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Matthew Jones

Honest good working local company. The amount they quoted me on the phone was the price I paid after the service was completed.

Megan Gough

Expert setup, high-powered vacuums, and absolutely no dust residue. Excellent work.

Lucille Jensen

Water had been leaking around the chimney flashing, but the repair solved it completely. The crew sealed and reinforced the affected area with precision. Rain is no longer a concern. The workmanship looks strong and durable.

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Questions from Hudson County

Our building holds the roof key. How does that work?

Sort it before booking and tell us who holds it when you ring. We will fit the appointment around when access is genuinely available; a visit that arrives to a locked hatch achieves nothing for anybody.

Can you tell whether our flue is separate from the neighbour's?

That is exactly what the camera establishes, and it is the reason to scan before sweeping. The divider between two flues is thin, old and invisible from both apartments — where it has failed, a scan is the only thing that finds it.

Do you work with condo boards and managing agents?

Regularly. Tell us on the phone that a board or an agent is going to read the report and we will make sure it covers what they will ask, in language somebody outside the trade can act on.

Find us on Google

The listing every one of the 38 reviews is attached to. Worth a look before passing our name to a board.

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