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 Edison, NJ
Edison is the postwar township in this trio. Seven in ten of its homes went up between 1950 and 1989, the decades that filled this part of the county with single-family houses on their own lots rather than shared buildings. Most of Edison’s flues serve one house each rather than a shared stack, but thirty-five to seventy-five years on, that original chimney and liner are due for a look.
5.0from 24 Google reviews
The short answer
In Edison we sweep, inspect, and repair the chimney that vents your furnace, boiler, or fireplace, and we clean the ducts and dryer vent that keep the rest of a single-family house running the way it should.
What we find on Edison jobs
Edison’s housing is younger than New Brunswick’s or Perth Amboy’s, and that changes what we look for. Seven in ten houses here were built between 1950 and 1989, and most sit on their own lot with one chimney doing one job. A chimney and liner from that era are now anywhere from thirty-five to seventy-five years old, old enough that the listing on the liner is worth confirming rather than assuming. Gas heats better than four in five Edison homes today, and only about two in a hundred still burn fuel oil as their main heat, so most of the township’s oil-to-gas conversions likely happened years ago. What a conversion like that leaves behind is a flue built to carry a bigger, hotter exhaust than the gas appliance now produces, which cools the exhaust further on its way up and gives it more chance to condense before it clears the top. Edison also has a real share of housing in buildings of five units or more, usually vented through a centralized system or separate per-unit flues rather than one household chimney, which changes how the inspection starts.
Where the van goes in Edison
- Menlo Park
- Stelton
- Clara Barton
- Oak Tree
- North Edison
- Bonhamtown
Everything we do in Edison
- 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 Edison
My house is a 1960s ranch. Is the original chimney still safe?
Age alone does not condemn a chimney, but sixty years is long enough that a liner can crack, mortar can lose its bond, or a factory-built system’s listing can no longer be confirmed by eye. An inspection tells you which of those, if any, applies to your specific chimney.
We switched from oil to gas years ago. Do we still need the old chimney?
It depends on what the new appliance vents through. Some gas equipment still uses the original masonry flue, sized for the old oil burner, and running an undersized gas load through an oversized flue is its own problem. We check what is actually connected before recommending anything.
We live in a building with several other units. Does that change chimney service?
It can. Buildings with several units often vent individually through separate flues, or run one shared mechanical system instead of one chimney per household, so the inspection starts with tracing exactly how your unit is vented before anything gets scheduled.
Does Edison Township require a permit for chimney work?
Structural repairs and appliance changes tied to a chimney generally go through the township’s own Division of Construction Code Enforcement. We can tell you before the visit whether the specific work you need falls under that review or counts as routine maintenance.
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