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 Manville, NJ
Manville is a planned visit out from the home base, worth its own date on the calendar rather than a stop tacked onto a closer route. It’s also the most consistent housing stock of any Somerset town we cover: better than three in five homes went up between 1940 and 1959 around the old Johns-Manville plant, which means small brick stacks, short flues and a basement appliance as the standing arrangement, not the exception.
5.0from 38 Google reviews
The short answer
Sweeping, camera inspections and repairs on real brick, short-flue chimneys, plus checking basement appliances and ductwork that has, in a fair number of Manville homes, been under water at least once.
What we find on Manville jobs
Manville is the most uniform housing stock in the county: well over half of it went up in a single twenty-year stretch after the Second World War, small brick houses built around the old Johns-Manville plant, and the chimney on most of them is exactly what that era produced, a modest brick stack with a short flue and a basement-installed appliance. Almost every household here heats with gas, so nearly every one of those stacks or vents is live, not decorative. The other pattern is water. The borough sits at the confluence of the Raritan and Millstone rivers, and the three highest crests ever recorded on the Raritan gauge here all happened within the last twenty-five years. A basement furnace, boiler or water heater in Manville has a real chance of having sat under water at some point, and that history is worth factoring in before assuming an appliance or its venting is still in the condition it started in.
Where the van goes in Manville
- Lost Valley
- North Main Street
- South Main Street
- Camplain Road corridor
- Brooks Boulevard
Everything we do in Manville
- 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 Manville
Our house is from the 1940s. Is a short flue and a basement furnace normal here?
Very normal; it’s the standard setup for Manville. Well over half the borough’s housing went up between 1940 and 1959 around the old Johns-Manville plant, and short brick flues serving a basement appliance are what that construction produced. It doesn’t mean the chimney is fine on its own; a stack that age still needs the tile and mortar checked, just that the layout itself isn’t unusual.
Our basement flooded a few years ago. Could that have affected the chimney or the venting?
It’s worth checking rather than assuming it’s fine. Manville sits at the confluence of the Raritan and Millstone rivers, and the highest flood crests ever recorded there all happened within the last couple of decades, so a flooded basement isn’t unusual here. Water reaching a furnace, boiler or water heater can affect the appliance and the connector running to the chimney, even if the flue itself looks undamaged.
Does living in Manville mean we’re due for an oil-to-gas conversion?
Less likely than most of the county, actually. Manville already has the highest share of gas heat of any Somerset town we cover, so most of that conversion work happened here already. What we see more often is an older brick chimney that’s never had a proper liner installed, which matters just as much on a gas appliance as it would on oil.
How does scheduling work for a Manville address?
The same way it does for the rest of Somerset County: as a planned visit rather than a stop added to a route through towns closer to the home base. Call and describe what’s going on, and we’ll set a date; the appointment is built around that trip rather than fit in around something closer.
Find us on Google
The Google listing the reviews above come from, a short look confirms we’re already working across Manville, not just passing through.