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 Lebanon Township, NJ
Lebanon Township runs on delivered fuel almost entirely: better than half its households burn fuel oil, another sixth run propane, and there is enough wood heat that a stove offer can lead instead of follow. Only one household in twelve runs on natural gas. Up in the Highlands at a higher elevation than the rest of the county, the houses here sit detached and far apart, so a route means real ground between stops.
5.0from 24 Google reviews
The short answer
We sweep and inspect fuel-oil and propane flues throughout Lebanon Township, service wood and pellet stoves where they are the main or backup heat source, and handle liner work on the older masonry common in a township where most of the housing predates 1980.
What we find on Lebanon Township jobs
Lebanon Township is where the fuel-oil story is most extreme in the county, and it shows in what we find. Over half the homes here burn oil, and oil exhaust runs cooler and wetter than gas, so it condenses against the liner, and that condensate is acidic enough to eat mortar and scale a flue’s interior over years of duty. Add in propane and wood, and more than three in four homes here burn a fuel delivered by truck, not a utility line, so a scheduled inspection is often the only check that chimney gets. A lot of the stock predates 1980, old enough that some flues are original masonry built before any lining rule existed, and an unlined stack under decades of oil service is the failure mode the state’s chimney form exists to catch. Where wood or a pellet stove is the main heat source, not a backup, the duty cycle runs heavier and creosote builds faster than in a house where the stove only runs on cold weekends. Sitting higher stretches the season longer too, meaning more hours of combustion through the same flue each winter.
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
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 Lebanon Township
We heat almost entirely with fuel oil. What should we watch for?
Oil exhaust is cooler and wetter than a gas appliance’s, so it tends to condense inside the flue, and that condensate is mildly acidic. Over years it eats at mortar joints and can scale the inside of a liner, worth catching with a scheduled inspection rather than waiting for a problem to show up on its own.
Our wood stove is our main heat source, not just backup. Does that change anything?
It does. A stove running as primary heat gets a much heavier duty cycle than an occasional-use fireplace, which means creosote builds faster and a chimney needs checking more often. That is different from a supplemental stove that only runs on the coldest days.
Is our chimney old enough to be a problem?
Possibly. A lot of Lebanon Township’s housing predates 1980, and some of the oldest of it predates any requirement that a masonry chimney be lined at all. An unlined flue under decades of oil or wood use is a real, checkable condition, not just a theoretical risk.
We are pretty far out. Can you service more than one chimney or appliance in one visit?
Usually, yes, and it is worth planning it that way. Lebanon Township has some of the lowest housing density in the county, so scheduling a single visit to cover every appliance on the property tends to make more sense than separate trips.
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