Chimney repair and sweeping in Hudson County, NJ

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Across the five cities, the same pattern repeats: a lot of the housing predates 1940, and almost none of it stands alone. In Union City, Jersey City’s older wards, and Hoboken’s brownstone blocks, one flue often serves more than one household stacked over another, so the first job on any call is tracing which chimney belongs to which unit before anyone climbs onto the roof. Roof access itself is usually a hatch off a shared stairwell rather than a ladder against a house wall, and on the taller buildings a single boiler flue can run the full height of the structure. Gas has largely replaced oil and coal across the county, which means older brick stacks are now venting smaller, cooler appliances than they were built for — a mismatch that shows up as staining and deterioration inside the flue liner long before it shows up outside. Add a harbor winter that runs wet from November through March, and masonry crowns and caps take the worst of it.