Chimney repair and sweeping in Manville, NJ
Manville grew up beside the Johns-Manville plant, and most of its houses come from the 1940s and 1950s. They are small brick homes with short flues and a furnace in the basement. The borough also sits where the Raritan and Millstone rivers meet, and that basement furnace has a flood history most of Somerset does not.
In brief
We sweep, inspect and repair chimneys all over Manville, from North Main Street to Lost Valley near the river, and we check dryer vents and ductwork in the same basements.
What we run into in Manville
Manville is compact post-war housing. The borough filled in quickly around the Johns-Manville plant in the 1940s and 1950s, with modest brick chimneys, short flues and a furnace or water heater in the basement as the normal layout. That basement matters more here than almost anywhere else we work. Manville sits at the meeting of the Raritan and Millstone rivers, and the gauge there recorded its three highest crests in more than a hundred years of measurements between 1999 and 2021. A Manville furnace may well have sat in floodwater at some point, and water that reaches the appliance usually reaches the base of the chimney and the vent connection too. Factory-built fireplace subdivisions never really arrived here, so what we do in Manville is masonry, liners and venting for gas appliances.
Places we drive to in Manville
- Lost Valley
- North Main Street
- South Main Street
- the Camplain Road area
- Brooks Boulevard
Services we bring to Manville
- 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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Manville homeowners ask
Our basement has flooded before. Could that have hurt the chimney?
It is worth a look. Water that reaches a basement furnace or water heater often reaches the vent connection and the base of the chimney as well. If you have had water downstairs, we check the base and the liner for moisture damage as part of the visit.
We live in Lost Valley. Do you check anything different there?
We ask every Manville household about flooding, and Lost Valley has taken on water more than once. If your house has, we look harder at the base of the chimney, the damper and the liner, because masonry that stays damp wears in a different way.
Is our chimney likely to be brick or factory-built?
Plan on brick. Most of Manville was built in the 1940s and 1950s, long before factory-built fireplaces became common, so a masonry stack is what we expect to find when we arrive.
Can you clean the dryer vent and ducts on the same visit?
Yes. Many Manville basements still have the original duct runs and dryer vents, and after any flooding it makes sense to check them along with the chimney in a single visit.
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