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 Passaic County, NJ
Passaic County work for us covers three very different housing patterns: Clifton’s older single-family blocks, Passaic’s small brick apartment buildings along the river, and Paterson’s two- and three-family stock that dominates the whole city. What ties them together is age — most of the housing across all three predates the codes that now govern how a chimney gets built and inspected.
5.0from 24 Google reviews
The short answer
Across Clifton, Passaic and Paterson we sweep and inspect chimneys, repair liners, crowns and masonry, and clean dryer vents and ducts, on everything from single-family houses to two- and three-family blocks to larger apartment buildings.
What we find across Passaic County
The three Passaic County cities we work in read like three different chapters of the same history. Clifton is the most single-family and the most owner-occupied of the three, with about seven in ten homes built before 1960. Passaic is the oldest of the three and leans hardest toward big apartment buildings, with fewer than one in five homes standalone and nearly half in buildings of five units or more. Paterson sits in between on age but leans hardest into two- and three-family construction, which makes up more than half the city. Across all three, piped gas heats the large majority of households, but Passaic still runs the highest oil-heat share and Paterson the highest electric-heat share, so the three cities do not share one dominant appliance story. What does carry across all three is the state construction code: New Jersey’s one- and two-family subcode now adopts the 2024 IRC, and a structural chimney repair in any of these three cities goes through that municipality’s own construction office before work starts.
Everything we do in Passaic County
- 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
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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 Passaic County
Do you work in all of Passaic County or just these three cities?
Clifton, Passaic and Paterson are the three Passaic County cities featured here, but Royal Chimney serves customers across all eleven New Jersey counties in our coverage area. If your town isn’t listed, call and we’ll tell you plainly whether your address is inside our service area.
What’s different about working in Clifton versus Passaic or Paterson?
Mostly the housing. Clifton is majority single-family, Passaic leans hardest toward small and mid-size apartment buildings, and Paterson is dominated by two- and three-family blocks. Each city also has its own construction office, so a permit question gets answered locally, not countywide, and the answer can differ block to block.
Does the older housing across the county mean I definitely need a liner replacement?
Not automatically. Age alone doesn’t tell us the condition of your specific flue, only that a proper inspection is worth doing rather than skipping. We check the liner, the crown and every connection point in person before recommending any repair, in Clifton, Passaic, Paterson or anywhere else we serve.
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