Chimney and duct cleaning in Paterson, NJ
Paterson is a city of two to four family houses: 54.6 percent of its 52,519 homes are in buildings that size, the highest share anywhere we work. It is a little under nine miles from our Bloomfield base.
In brief
In Paterson we sweep and inspect chimneys that serve two to four households, clean their boiler and water heater flues, and clear dryer vents and ducts.
Multi-family houses and a stack per house
A Paterson two or three family house usually has one chimney with a flue for each floor's boiler or water heater, sometimes beside an old fireplace flue nobody uses. Each household tends to think the chimney is someone else's job, so ours starts by naming each flue and the appliance on it. Gas heats more than eight in ten homes, and fuel oil has dropped to 1.6 percent, so many of these chimneys have already gone through at least one change of fuel. Close to 60 percent of the housing was built before 1960, and the top of the stack, where the crown and the last courses of brick take the weather, is where repairs usually start.
Parts of Paterson we reach
- Eastside
- Totowa
- Sandy Hill
- Hillcrest
- People's Park
- Stoney Road
- Riverside
Services we bring to Paterson
- 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.
Paterson questions
Each floor has its own boiler. Do you clean all the flues in one visit?
Yes, if we can reach the appliances on each floor. We clean and inspect every flue in the stack and tell each household what we found on theirs.
Do landlords in Paterson book you for several buildings?
Yes. Give us the addresses and the number of units, and we will plan the visits so each building is done in one trip where we can.
Do you also clean dryer vents in Paterson?
Yes. We clear the run from the dryer to the outside hood, which in older houses can pass through a basement or a side wall.
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