Chimney and duct cleaning in New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, home of Rutgers University, is mostly apartments and older multi-family houses. A quarter of its 16,854 homes were built before 1940, and electricity heats a third of households.
In brief
In New Brunswick we inspect and clean chimneys and boiler flues in older houses and rental buildings, and we clear dryer vents in houses and apartments.
Older houses and shared flues
New Brunswick housing runs from older houses with several apartments to larger buildings near the campus and downtown. In a house with several units, one chimney may carry flues from more than one boiler or water heater, and the fireplaces are often sealed and forgotten. We trace each flue before cleaning and tell the owner which ones are active. Electricity heats a third of households, the highest share in Middlesex County among the towns we cover, so many units have nothing to sweep and the dryer vent is the job. A quarter of the housing predates 1940, and those chimneys get a full camera inspection.
Parts of New Brunswick we reach
- Fifth Ward
- Sixth Ward
- Edgebrook
- Lincoln Gardens
- Douglass
Services we bring to New Brunswick
- 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.
New Brunswick questions
I own a rental house near Rutgers. What do you check between tenants?
Every flue in the chimney, the appliances connected to them, and the dryer vent run. You get a short written report with photographs you can keep with the property records.
Our fireplace has been sealed for years. Can we use it again?
Only after an inspection. We open the damper, put a camera through the full flue and tell you what it would take to make it safe.
How far is New Brunswick from you?
About 24 miles from our Bloomfield base, so we plan a day for it. Call from 7 am to 9 pm, or book online at any hour.
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