For our homeowner's insurance, we needed proof. They did a full check with photos and video, cleaned the flue, fixed some small problems with the mortar, and sent a professional report the same day. The insurance company agreed to cover…
Chimney sweep and repair in Clinton Township, NJ
Clinton Township runs on a genuinely split fuel economy: just over half the town is on natural gas, but better than a third of households still burn fuel oil or propane. Add three separate mailing names, Annandale, Clinton and Lebanon, layered over one township, and a lot of the work here starts with sorting out which system a house actually has before anyone touches a wrench.
5.0from 24 Google reviews
The short answer
We sweep, inspect and repair chimneys across Clinton Township, with a particular focus on oil-to-gas and oil-to-propane conversions and liner sizing, the jobs this town’s 1980s-and-90s housing stock generates most, plus dryer vent and duct cleaning for every fuel type.
What we find on Clinton Township jobs
The dominant story in Clinton Township is the oil-fired flue that has outlived a couple of furnaces. Roughly a quarter of homes here burn fuel oil, and a tenth run on propane, both fuels that leave acidic condensate and scale on a masonry liner over the years. Propane in particular carries more water vapor per unit of heat than oil does, and a flue sized for an old oil boiler is often oversized for the propane unit that replaced it, which lets flue gases cool too fast and condense before they clear the top. Because so much of the housing stock here dates to the 1980s and 90s, a lot of these systems are on their second appliance swap since the original install, and each swap is supposed to trigger the state’s chimney verification paperwork, worth asking a homeowner to produce, since a missing one usually means an unverified flue. Wood heat is genuinely rare in this township, so the sensible pitch here is conversions and liner sizing, not stove sweeping.
Where the van goes in Clinton Township
- Annandale (08801) — CDP, 2020 population 1,663; the township's principal village, known as Clinton Junction before the Annandale Reformed Church was built in 1868
- Beaver Brook — 1760s tavern and stagecoach stop settlement on the Easton-Brunswick road
- Hamden
- Allerton
- Cokesbury (shared with Tewksbury)
- Potterstown (shared with Readington)
- Readingsburg
- Sunnyside
- Cedar Heights
- Mariannes Corner
- McPherson
- Round Valley (reservoir partly in the township, 180 ft deep, second-deepest in New Jersey)
Everything we do in Clinton 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
What homeowners say on our Google listing
5.0
24 reviews on Google
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Excellent communication throughout the process. I received a text when the tech was on his way, and he arrived exactly when promised to do the sweep.
After it rained a lot, we saw wet spots on the wall next to the chimney. A broken crown and worn-out flashing were found by the team. They put in new lead boots instead of flashing, poured a new sloped crown, sealed all the joints, and…
Questions from Clinton Township
We are switching from oil to propane. Does the old chimney still work?
Not automatically. A flue sized for an oil boiler is often the wrong size for a propane appliance, since propane produces more water vapor per unit of heat and can condense inside an oversized liner. New Jersey requires a signed chimney verification form on that kind of swap specifically because of mismatches like this.
Our mailing address says Annandale, not Clinton Township. Does that matter for permits?
It can create confusion, since Annandale, Clinton and Lebanon are mailing names layered over Clinton Township rather than separate municipalities. What matters for permits and inspections is the actual township on file, not the ZIP code’s post office name, and the two do not always line up the way a homeowner expects.
How do I know if my flue has ever been verified?
Ask to see the paperwork from the last time a furnace, boiler or water heater was replaced. New Jersey requires the installer to sign a chimney verification form confirming the flue is lined and properly sized, and a homeowner cannot sign it on their own behalf.
Do you handle dryer vents in Clinton Township too?
Yes, dryer vent and duct cleaning runs alongside our chimney sweeping and repair work here, which matters in a township where so many houses are approaching thirty or forty years since their original construction and their original ductwork has never once been serviced.
Find us on Google
See Royal Chimney’s Google reviews, 5.0 stars from 24 of them, by searching Royal Chimney Sweep & Repair Readington NJ.