Honest good working local company. The amount they quoted me on the phone was the price I paid after the service was completed.
Chimney and duct work in Clifton, NJ
Clifton is mostly post-war detached housing, and that shifts what a visit turns up. These shafts were sized properly when they were built, the roofs can generally be walked, and the recurring trouble is rainwater at the top and laundry ducts that have silted up — not heavy deposit inside the flue.
5.0from 38 Google reviews
The short answer
Sweeping, camera work, repairs and duct clearing across the whole city, and here it is the ladder rather than the rods that earns its keep.
What we find on these jobs
The single most common write-up in this city is a crown that has split through to the tile. That slab across the top exists to throw rain clear of the brickwork, and it fails by increments: a hairline takes on water, the water turns to ice, the ice widens the hairline a fraction, and New Jersey supplies dozens of those cycles every winter. Seventy years in, the split has reached the liner, and rain that used to run off the chimney now runs down inside it — which is why the mark appears on a first-floor ceiling nowhere near the hearth. Second on the list: the join where the stack passes through the roof, dressed with a tube of black sealant instead of metal worked into the joints. That sheds water for one season and then opens along the same seam. Indoors, the recurring job is a laundry duct climbing out of a basement through three or four bends.
Where the van goes in Clifton
- Botany Village
- Athenia
- Richfield
- Delawanna
- Allwood
- Montclair Heights
Everything we do in Clifton
- 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 Clifton
There is a damp patch on an upstairs ceiling. Is that the chimney?
Frequently, and where the mark sits narrows it down. Close to the chimney breast points at the metalwork at roof level. Further into the room, or a storey below, usually means rain is descending inside the brickwork from a split crown. You cannot tell which from a driveway.
The chimney was repointed a few years ago and it is leaking again.
Repointing addresses the face of the stack and does nothing at all about the lid. With a crown split through to the tile, water enters above every joint that was repaired and travels down inside. It is a familiar sequence here, and it is why we start at the top.
Can a cracked crown just be sealed over?
A fine line that has not reached the tile can sometimes be treated. Once the split runs to the flue, or the edge has begun crumbling, the slab wants rebuilding — a coat spread across a moving crack reopens along the same line inside a winter or two, because nothing has stopped the movement.
Can you do the chimney and the dryer vent in one visit?
Yes, and most households here do. With the laundry in the basement the duct climbs and turns several times before it reaches daylight, and having the equipment already in the house makes it the cheapest moment to clear it.
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Where those 38 reviews live. A couple of seconds, and worth it before anybody comes out.