Chimney repair and sweeping in Lebanon Township, NJ
Lebanon Township sits highest and farthest out of anywhere we serve, up in the Highlands, and its fuel mix shows it: more than half of households heat with oil, another share on propane, and wood or pellet stoves lead here rather than follow. Almost nothing in the township is on mains gas. Higher elevation means a longer heating season than the county’s valley towns, and more hours of real work for every flue in service.
The short answer
In Lebanon Township we work mostly oil, propane and wood-burning systems, sweeping, inspecting and repairing masonry and factory-built flues alike across a township where mains gas barely reaches, plus dryer vent service for the township’s almost entirely detached housing stock.
What we find on Lebanon Township jobs
Lebanon Township is the clearest single argument in the county for why delivered fuel matters. More than half its households heat with oil and another sizable share with propane; combined with wood, those three delivered fuels account for roughly three in four homes here, with no monthly bill from anyone to prompt a look at the flue. Oil-fired systems leave the acidic condensate and scale we see across the county’s western townships, and the stock carrying it skews old: three in five homes here predate 1980, more than anywhere else we serve, so unlined original masonry is a routine finding rather than a rare one. Sitting roughly 660 feet higher than the valley floor where the county’s main weather station sits also stretches the heating season beyond what that station measures, which means more hours of live combustion per year on every appliance in the township, and more wear on the flue behind it.
Where the van goes in Lebanon Township
- Woodglen — active general store
- Anthony — named for the Anthony family, farmers who settled the area
- Bunnvale
- New Hampton — New Hampton Historic District, NRHP; includes the New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge; Lebanon Township Museum built c.1825 is a contributing property
- Newport
- Penwell
- Red Mill
- Lower Valley
- Mount Lebanon
- Changewater
- Hampton Junction
- Hoffmans
- Little Brook
- Buffalo Hollow
- Saint Nicholas Village
- Scrappy Corner
- Spruce Run
- Stone Mill
- The Point
- Note: the township wraps Califon and Glen Gardner boroughs; local mailing addresses commonly read Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, Lebanon or Long Valley rather than Lebanon Township
Everything we do in Lebanon Township
- Chimney sweepingThe camera goes down before any brush does
- Chimney inspectionTwo inspection levels, one written report
- Chimney repairCrowns, caps, flashing and liners — stopping the water
- Fireplace & stoveStubborn pilots, seized dampers, worn gaskets
- Dryer vent cleaningEvery foot of the lint run, cleared
- Air duct cleaningWith an honest no when it will not help
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, split or dropped runs put right
Questions from Lebanon Township
Almost nobody around us has gas — is that really true for the whole township?
Close to it. Only about one household in twelve in Lebanon Township heats with mains gas; the rest run on oil, propane, wood or another delivered fuel. It is the least gas-dependent town on our Hunterdon route, and the flue work reflects that.
We heat with a wood stove — is that unusual, or is there real service demand for it here?
There is real demand. Wood is the main heat source in roughly one Lebanon Township household in fourteen, the highest share of any town we serve, and that number only counts primary heat — plenty more homes run a stove or insert alongside a furnace.
Our house sits pretty high up compared to towns down in the valley — does elevation actually matter for a chimney?
It affects how long the heating season runs. Lebanon Township sits well above the valley floor where the county’s main weather station sits, which means a longer stretch of cold weather and more hours of combustion through the same flue each year than a lowland town sees.
Our mailing address says Califon, not Lebanon Township — will you still come out?
Yes. The township wraps around Califon and Glen Gardner boroughs, so plenty of Lebanon Township properties carry a Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton or Long Valley mailing address. Tell us your street when you call (908) 916-3905 and we will sort out the municipality from there.
Find us on Google
Look us up on the map at our Google listing, confirm the number, then call (908) 916-3905 to schedule service.