Honest good working local company. The amount they quoted me on the phone was the price I paid after the service was completed.
Chimney and duct work in Bayonne, NJ
Bayonne has water on three sides and the chimneys know it. Caps work loose, exposed steel corrodes faster than it does inland, and flashing that copes with ordinary rain gets beaten by rain arriving off the bay almost horizontally.
5.0from 38 Google reviews
The short answer
Brushwork, surveys, repairs and laundry ducts the length of the peninsula, and here the useful half of the visit almost always happens on the roof.
What we find on these jobs
The three findings that dominate here are all about weather rather than about fire. First, caps: a friction-fitted cap that would sit happily on an inland roof works loose in wind off the water, and once it has gone the flue takes rain and whatever is nesting nearby. Second, chase covers on the metal chimneys common in the newer housing — they collect water at the seam, rust from there outwards, and the first visible sign is usually a rust stain running down the siding rather than anything inside the house. Third, flashing, which fails here through wind-driven rain rather than through volume; that is why the leak appears in some storms and not others, and why it gets misdiagnosed as a roof problem for years.
Where the van goes in Bayonne
- Bergen Point
- Constable Hook
- Uptown
- Centreville
Everything we do in Bayonne
- Chimney sweepingCamera up first, brush second, photographs yours to keep
- Chimney inspectionLevel 1 or Level 2, and a report you can hand over
- Chimney repairCrown, cap, flashing, liner — whichever is letting water in
- Fireplace & stovePilots that will not hold, dampers that will not move
- Dryer vent cleaningLint out of the whole run, wall to hood
- Air duct cleaningThe honest answer, including when to skip it
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, disconnected, or too far gone to clean
What Bloomfield homeowners say
5.0
38 reviews on Google
Read on
Expert setup, high-powered vacuums, and absolutely no dust residue. Excellent work.
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.
Questions from Bayonne
Our chimney cap disappeared in a storm.
That is the commonest single call from this town. The replacement worth having is stainless, sized to the flue and mechanically fastened rather than friction-fitted — the difference is what happens the next time the wind gets up, and it is not a large job.
There are rust stains running down the siding under the chimney.
That is usually the chase cover, the metal lid on a factory-built chimney. They collect water at the seam and rust outwards, and the staining shows up well before anything leaks inside. Replacing it in stainless while it is still only staining is considerably cheaper than after.
The leak only appears in some storms. Is that normal?
It is a pattern rather than a coincidence, and it points at flashing. Wind-driven rain from one particular direction gets past a detail that handles ordinary rain perfectly well, which is why it seems intermittent and why it gets blamed on the roof.
Does salt air really affect a chimney?
It affects the metal on it rather than the masonry. Caps, chase covers, mesh and fastenings all have a shorter life here than the same components five miles inland, which is worth knowing when somebody quotes you galvanised rather than stainless.
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The listing the 38 reviews came from. Worth thirty seconds before anybody goes up on your roof.