Chimney sweep and repair in Collingswood Borough, NJ
Collingswood grew up around the Haddon Avenue trolley line in the 1910s and 1920s, and close to half its houses still date from before 1940. Those foursquares and bungalows were usually built with one interior masonry stack doing several jobs at once, carrying flues for a fireplace and a heating appliance that has likely been replaced more than once since the house went up.
The short answer
We sweep, inspect and repair chimneys in Collingswood, working out which of the several flues in an old stack serves what before anything gets touched. We also clean dryer vents and air ducts for the borough's twins, duplexes and apartment buildings.
What we find on Collingswood jobs
The recurring problem in Collingswood starts with the house itself: a foursquare or bungalow from the 1910s or 1920s boom was usually built around one interior masonry stack carrying several flues. Over a hundred years, the appliance connected to each flue has often changed more than once, and there is rarely a record left of which flue serves what, so the first real work on an old Collingswood chimney is figuring that out before a brush goes anywhere near it. The borough's twins and duplexes add a second pattern: one masonry stack straddling the party wall, serving two separate households, where a crack or a gap lets combustion gas move from one flue into its neighbor. Neither homeowner can see that from their own living room. And in a borough that is still mid-conversion, roughly one in twenty homes still on fuel oil against three in four on gas, we also find flues abandoned in place after a fuel switch, still open to the weather and to whatever finds its way in, connected to nothing anyone is using anymore.
Where the van goes in Collingswood Borough
- Knight Park
- Haddon Avenue corridor
- Collingswood Residential Historic District (Park Avenue, Collings Avenue, Browning Road, Haddon Avenue, Lakeview Drive)
- Newton Creek
- the PATCO Speedline station area
- Collingswood Commercial Historic District
Everything we do in Collingswood Borough
- Chimney sweepingThe camera goes down before any brush does
- Chimney inspectionLevel 1 or Level 2, with a written report
- Chimney repairCrowns, caps, flashing and liners that let water in
- Fireplace & stovePilot lights, dampers and door gaskets
- Dryer vent cleaningThe whole run cleared, from the dryer to the outside hood
- Air duct cleaningWe tell you when cleaning will not help
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, split or fallen duct runs repaired
What homeowners say on our Google listing
A selection of our 5-star reviews on Google.
Work was carried out by an expert who knew just what proportions of air to fuel were required for a brick fireplace system to burn cleanly.
It was no longer a strong pick. The service fixed the damper and got rid of the sticky creosote. Now it's easy to start fires and they burn constantly. Every time we light it, we can see the difference.
Top-notch service! They showed up right on time, which is rare these days. The technician took the time to explain everything and showed me exactly how much soot was clogging the flue. Fast, clean, and very reasonably priced. I will definitely be using them every year from now on!
Questions from Collingswood Borough
My house is from the 1920s and has one chimney with what looks like two flues. Is that normal?
It is common in Collingswood's older foursquares and bungalows. One interior stack often carries a flue for a fireplace and a separate one for the heating appliance. After a century of equipment changes, working out which flue serves what is usually the first step.
I rent out a unit in a Collingswood twin. Does that change what I need to do?
It can. A change of tenant in New Jersey requires its own fire-safety certificate covering smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and if the building shares one chimney stack between two units, we check both flues, including the one that isn't behind your unit's wall.
The house we're buying has an old chimney that isn't connected to anything. Is that a problem?
An abandoned flue is still open to the outside unless it has been properly capped, which means it can take on water and become a way in for animals. It's worth having it looked at even though nothing is currently venting through it.
Do you clean dryer vents in Collingswood's older houses and apartments?
Yes. Older Collingswood houses and small apartment buildings often have longer or more awkward dryer runs than newer construction, and we clean the full run from the machine to the outside termination, checking for lint buildup and kinks along the way.
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