Chimney and duct cleaning in Hoboken, NJ
Hoboken has fewer chimneys to sweep than almost anywhere we cover: 79.3 percent of its 30,259 homes are in buildings of five or more units, and electricity heats 39.3 percent of households.
In brief
In Hoboken we clean dryer vents, inspect the fireplaces and flues of brownstones and walk-ups, and service the boiler flues that older buildings share.
Brownstones, condos and a lot of laundry
About a third of Hoboken was built before 1940, mostly brick and brownstone row buildings, many of them built with fireplaces. A lot of those fireplaces now burn gas logs or sit decorative, and their flues need an inspection before anyone lights them. The rest of the city is newer and electric, so the call we get most here is about a dryer that takes too long, especially in condos where the vent runs a long way to an outside wall or up to the roof. Fuel oil has almost disappeared, at under 1 percent of households. Older buildings with a central boiler still need that shared flue checked every year.
Parts of Hoboken we reach
- Uptown
- Downtown
- The Waterfront
- Southwest Hoboken
Services we bring to Hoboken
- 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.
Hoboken questions
Our condo dryer takes two cycles. Can you help?
Usually, yes. A long or crushed vent run is the most common cause. We clean the run from the dryer to the outside hood or the roof cap and check the transition hose behind the machine.
Can we use the fireplace in our brownstone?
Not before an inspection. We put a camera through the full flue and tell you whether it is ready for wood, gas logs or neither, and what it would take to fix.
How far is Hoboken from you?
About nine miles from our Bloomfield base. Call from 7 am to 9 pm any day, or book online at any hour.
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