Chimney and duct cleaning in Manville, NJ
Manville is a compact borough of older houses: 61 percent of its 4,639 homes were built before 1960, and gas heats 88.1 percent of households, the highest share anywhere we work.
In brief
In Manville we inspect and clean the gas flues and chimneys of older single-family and two family houses, repair crowns and caps, and clean dryer vents.
Gas heat in older houses
Manville has older housing than its Somerset County neighbors: more than six homes in ten predate 1960, and the 1950s alone account for a quarter. Nearly every home now heats with gas, so the flues we see are mostly furnace, boiler and water heater flues in brick chimneys built for something else. When a gas appliance vents into an older masonry flue that is too large for it, moisture can build up inside, so we look at the liner and how the flue drafts. A quarter of the homes are two to four family houses, where one chimney often serves more than one unit.
Parts of Manville we reach
- Lost Valley
- North Main Street
- South Main Street
- Camplain Road corridor
- Brooks Boulevard
Services we bring to Manville
- 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.
Manville questions
Does a gas furnace flue in Manville need yearly attention?
It needs a yearly inspection. Gas leaves little soot, but liners crack, caps fail and debris falls in, and the camera shows all of that.
We have a two family house. Do you check both units' flues?
Yes. We identify each flue in the chimney and report on each unit separately, with photographs.
How far is Manville from your base?
About 27 miles from Bloomfield. Call from 7 am to 9 pm any day to set a date, or book online at any hour.
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