Chimney repair and sweeping across Somerset County, NJ
Somerset is our home county, and its houses fall into three groups by age. Somerville and Manville still have plenty of brick built before 1960. Bridgewater, where we are based, filled in between 1960 and 1999. Hillsborough, Bernards and Franklin came later, and there the chimney is usually a sided chase around a metal firebox.
In brief
From Bridgewater we sweep, inspect and repair chimneys in all six Somerset towns on our list, and we clean the dryer vents and air ducts in the same houses. The visit starts from what the age of your home tells us to look for.
What we run into in Somerset County
Ask us what a Somerset chimney needs and the first question back is when the house went up. Somerville and Manville hold most of the county's pre-1960 stock, and that is where we still open up tile-lined or unlined brick flues and chimneys that outlived the furnace they were built for. Bridgewater sits in the middle, with most of its homes built between 1960 and 1999, so a masonry stack and a factory-built fireplace can sit on the same street. In Hillsborough, Bernards and Franklin the newer subdivisions dominate, and the common repairs there are rusted chase covers and leaks around the flashing. The weather is the same for all of them. At the Somerset Airport weather station the temperature crosses the freezing point on roughly 107 days a year, and every one of those swings works on mortar, crowns and caps. Households switching from oil or LP to gas need the flue checked against the new appliance, because New Jersey asks the installer to certify that it is lined and sized for it.
Services we bring to Somerset County
- 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
Towns we serve in Somerset County
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Somerset County homeowners ask
Which Somerset County towns do you cover?
Six of them, all close to our Bridgewater base. They are Bridgewater, Somerville, Manville, Bernards, Hillsborough and Franklin, including villages inside them such as Basking Ridge, Martinsville, Belle Mead and Griggstown. If your address is somewhere else in the county, call and we will tell you if we can reach it.
Do I need a permit to replace a furnace or water heater here?
In most cases the swap is handled as minor work under the New Jersey construction code. The installer gives notice to your town and files a chimney verification form that says the flue suits the new appliance. Each Somerset town has its own construction office, so the details come from yours.
Why does the age of my house change the chimney work?
Homes built before about 1980 in this county mostly got site-built masonry fireplaces, and later ones mostly got factory-built units inside a framed chase. Brick fails at the mortar, the crown and the flue tile. A chase fails at the cover, the seals and the clearances. Knowing the year tells us where to look first.
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