Chimney repair and sweeping in Collingswood, NJ
Collingswood grew quickly around its Haddon Avenue trolley line in the 1910s and 1920s, and close to half of its housing still predates 1940. Foursquares, bungalows and Dutch Colonial Revivals usually carry one interior masonry stack with several flues added over the decades. Collingswood also has the highest renter share of the Camden County towns we serve.
In brief
We serve all of Collingswood, from Knight Park and the Haddon Avenue corridor to Newton Creek, with chimney sweeping, inspection, repair and liner work, plus dryer vent and duct cleaning.
What we run into in Collingswood Borough
Collingswood's building boom ran from about 1910 to 1930, and houses from that period usually have one interior masonry stack with several flues, one appliance added after another, and no reliable record of which flue serves what. A real share of the borough is twins and duplexes, where a single stack serves two households across the party wall, and a leak between those flues cannot be seen from either living room. Collingswood also has the highest renter share of the towns we serve in the county, and under the state fire code a change of occupancy calls for a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm inspection, just as a sale does. Some homes are still switching from oil to gas, and a stack that once vented coal can end up carrying a gas appliance that fills only a fraction of it.
Places we drive to in Collingswood Borough
- Knight Park
- the Haddon Avenue corridor
- the Collingswood Residential Historic District
- Newton Creek
- the PATCO station area
Services we bring to Collingswood Borough
- Chimney sweepCamera check first, then brushes and a HEPA vacuum
- Chimney inspectionsLevel 1 or Level 2, written up after the visit
- Chimney repairsCrown, cap, flashing and liner repairs that stop leaks
- Fireplaces and stovesDampers, gaskets, glass doors and pilot lights
- Dryer ventsLint pulled out of the full run, wall cap included
- Duct cleaningAn honest look first, then cleaning if it helps
- Duct repairCrushed, torn or sagging runs fixed or replaced
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Collingswood Borough homeowners ask
Which parts of Collingswood do you serve?
The whole borough, including Knight Park, the Haddon Avenue corridor, Newton Creek and the area around the PATCO station. Call to confirm your address.
Our 1920s Foursquare has one chimney and several appliances. Is that normal?
Very normal in Collingswood. Houses from that boom often run several flues into one interior stack, added as heating changed. We inspect each flue with a camera, since one stack can hide more than one problem.
We live in a twin. Does our neighbor's chimney affect ours?
It can, if the stack straddles the party wall. We check both flues and, with permission, talk to both households, because a leak between them affects each side.
We rent out our home. Do we need anything before a new tenant moves in?
A change of occupancy calls for a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm inspection under the state fire code. It is a good moment to have the chimney and the dryer vent checked as well.
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