Honest good working local company. The amount they quoted me on the phone was the price I paid after the service was completed.
Chimney sweep and duct cleaning in Somerville, NJ
Somerville is the trip we schedule properly rather than tack onto a route through closer towns, and once we’re there the housing rewards the extra planning: this is the real masonry town in the county, with about half its stock built before 1960 and a downtown dense enough that chimneys serving more than one unit are ordinary, not unusual.
5.0from 38 Google reviews
The short answer
Sweeping, camera inspections and repairs on genuine old brick, plus duct and dryer work, and on Somerville’s older, denser blocks, working out which flue belongs to which unit often comes before any of that.
What we find on Somerville jobs
Somerville is the real masonry town in the county: about a quarter of its housing predates 1940 and half predates 1960, old enough that New Jersey’s own chimney-verification form still carries a checkbox for an unlined masonry flue, because that’s genuinely what turns up here. It’s also the densest of the six towns, nearly three-fifths multi-family, which means a rooftop that serves more than one chimney and a flue map that has to be worked out before anything gets swept rather than assumed from the address. The borough’s fuel mix adds a third pattern: the lowest gas-heat share and the highest electric-heat share of any Somerset town, plus a real number of households still on oil, which usually means a stack still standing over an appliance that was converted or decommissioned years ago and never actually capped. Downtown, the historic district around Main and Division adds its own constraint: the chimney work itself proceeds normally, but anything visible from the street may need a look from the district first.
Where the van goes in Somerville
- Downtown / Main Street
- Somerville Historic District (Main, Division, High, and portions of Bridge and Doughty Streets)
- High Street church row
- Altamont Place
- West End Avenue
- South Somerville Street
- Washington Place
Everything we do in Somerville
- 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
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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 Somerville
Our building is one of the older ones downtown. What’s different about working on it?
Mostly access and shared structure. A lot of Somerville’s downtown housing predates 1960, some of it multi-family, so a chimney may serve more than one unit or sit on a roof shared with a neighbor. The camera scan matters even more here, since it’s the only reliable way to confirm which flue is yours before anything gets swept or repaired.
We’re in the historic district. Does that change anything?
Only what happens on the outside. Sweeping, camera scans and interior repairs proceed the same as anywhere else, since none of it changes how the building looks from Main Street. Work that would change the chimney’s appearance from the street, a new cap style or exterior repointing that’s visible, is worth checking with the district first, and we’ll flag it if we see it.
Our old chimney doesn’t seem to connect to anything anymore. Is that normal here?
It’s common enough in Somerville specifically. The borough has an unusually mixed fuel history, more households on electricity and fewer on gas than the rest of the county, and a stack left standing after a furnace was converted or removed is a pattern we see regularly downtown. An inspection can confirm whether it’s simply retired or whether it needs to be capped properly.
How does the age of some Somerville houses affect a chimney inspection?
It mostly means the camera does more of the talking. On a chimney this old, what’s wrong is usually inside: a cracked tile, a washed-out mortar joint, an unlined shaft, and none of that shows from the firebox or the roofline. A Level 2 scan is the honest way to find out what a downtown Somerville flue actually looks like on the inside.
Find us on Google
The same Google listing behind every review here. A short look before you call shows we’re already working in downtown Somerville.