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 Clifton, NJ
Clifton is the most single-family of the three Passaic County cities we cover, and a lot of that stock goes back well before 1960 — including the two-family blocks around Botany Village and Athenia. Almost every house here heats with gas, but a furnace gets replaced two or three times before anyone looks hard at the chimney venting it, and that’s usually where we find the real problem.
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The short answer
In Clifton we sweep and inspect chimneys, repair liners and crowns, and clean out dryer vents and ducts, on the older single-family houses and the two-family blocks alike, from Botany Village to Allwood.
What we find on Clifton jobs
Clifton’s housing runs older than a lot of North Jersey: close to seven in ten homes predate 1960, and this is the most owner-occupied of the three Passaic County cities we cover, at roughly six in ten. It is also the most single-family, just over half the city, with another third in two- and three-family buildings concentrated in blocks like Botany Village and Athenia, and the remainder in larger apartment buildings. Heat is almost entirely piped gas today, north of 85 percent of households, with fuel oil down under two percent of the city. On a service call that mix means checking a furnace connection against a flue that may be decades older than the appliance sitting on it, especially in the older two-family stock. Clifton’s own building code doesn’t treat that lightly: it requires every chimney, flue and vent attachment to remain structurally sound and able to handle the heat and exhaust passing through it, which is the standard we’re actually checking a chimney against, not just whether it’s still standing.
Where the van goes in Clifton
- Botany Village
- Athenia
- Richfield
- Delawanna
- Allwood
- Montclair Heights
Everything we do in Clifton
- 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 Clifton
What kind of heating fuel do most Clifton homes use?
The large majority of Clifton households heat with piped gas, well over 85 percent by the latest census figures, with fuel oil down under 2 percent and a small share on electricity. If your house is one of the older oil holdouts, or was converted from oil to gas at some point, that flue is worth a proper inspection before winter.
Clifton has a lot of two-family houses — does that change how you sweep?
It can. Two- and three-family buildings make up close to a third of Clifton’s housing, and a building like that often means more than one household or landlord to coordinate with before we can get on the roof or into the basement, so scheduling access is part of the job, not an afterthought.
Is a permit ever required for chimney repair in Clifton?
Some repairs go through Clifton’s Building Department, especially anything that changes the structure rather than routine sweeping or a liner repair. The department is on Clifton Avenue and can tell you whether your specific job needs a permit before work starts.
My house predates 1960 — what should I expect from an inspection?
Close to seven in ten homes in Clifton were built before 1960, so an older chimney behind a newer furnace is common rather than unusual. We check the flue liner, the crown and the connection point, since a mismatch between an old chimney and updated equipment is exactly the kind of thing an inspection is built to catch.
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