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Chimneys, dryer vents and air ducts

Chimney sweeping and duct cleaning across North and Central New Jersey

We sweep, inspect and repair chimneys, and clean the dryer vents and air ducts that most homes forget about. Nineteen towns in eight counties, from Fair Lawn and Paterson down to Edison and Middletown, with the findings from every visit written down for you.

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Office hours 7 am to 9 pm, every day, with a person on the phone. Book online 24/7.

Two kinds of work

Chimneys on one side, dryer vents and ducts on the other

Both are about getting air out of the house the right way. Book one service, or both on the same visit if your fireplace and your dryer are due at the same time.

A black wood stove with a glass door and its stovepipe, set in a brick corner on a brick hearth.

Chimney sweeps, inspections and repairs

Sweeping for wood, oil and gas flues, Level 1 and Level 2 inspections, and repairs to crowns, caps, flashing and liners.

  • Inspection

    A camera look before the brush

    The camera goes up the flue before anything is cleaned, and you can watch it with us. NFPA 211 asks for a chimney inspection every year, and a Level 2 when the house is sold, the appliance or fuel changes or the chimney may have been damaged.

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  • Repair

    Fixing where the water gets in

    Most chimney damage starts with water at the crown, the cap or the flashing. We show you which part failed before we quote the repair.

    See chimney repair
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A dryer vent hood on vinyl siding with its louvers packed with lint, above a roof covered in snow.

Dryer vent and air duct cleaning

The whole dryer run cleared from the machine to the outside hood, ducts cleaned when there is a real reason, and crushed or loose duct runs repaired.

  • Dryer and ducts

    A dryer that needs two cycles for one load usually has a clogged vent. Duct cleaning only makes sense in a few situations, and we will tell you if yours is one of them.

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How a chimney works

Four parts every inspection looks at, from the cap to the firebox

From the cover on top of the flue down to the chamber where the fire burns, each one has a job in keeping water out and smoke moving up.

Looking up a soot-coated flue toward the daylight at the top, with cobwebs on the walls.
A rusted half-round cap on a metal vent pipe on a flat roof, with other roof vents behind it.
A swept firebox with pale firebrick walls and a tiled floor.
Cap
The cover over the flue. It keeps out rain, leaves and animals while letting smoke out.
Crown
The concrete layer that covers the top of the masonry. It sends rain off the brick and away from the flue opening.
Flue
The passage inside the chimney that carries smoke and exhaust gases out of the house. Soot builds up on its walls.
Firebox
The firebrick chamber where the fire burns. We look for cracked brick and open mortar joints.

Reviews

Recent reviews from our Google listing

Copied from our Google Business Profile exactly as the customers wrote them.

Kevin S.

Flexible driving rods swept the whole height of the chimney from the ground up, keeping high altitude roof dangers down while getting a pristine flue barrel.

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A selection of our 5-star reviews on Google.

  • Kevin S.

    Flexible driving rods swept the whole height of the chimney from the ground up, keeping high altitude roof dangers down while getting a pristine flue barrel.

  • Victor A.

    After four seasons of burning cordwood in an EPA-certified catalytic insert, relief was complete when the ceramic honeycomb combustor was gently cleaned out, without a single fin broken.

  • Joel R.

    To guarantee that the cleaned flue maintained a consistent laminar flow throughout, devoid of eddy currents and reverse air roll, pressure testing was undertaken.

Our reviews are on Google

Every review we have is on our Google Business Profile, word for word, where you can read them all.

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From our Google listing

Dryer vents, ducts and fireboxes

  • A dryer duct coming through a metal plate between wood framing, its open end clogged with lint.

    A dryer duct clogged with lint between joists

  • Behind a dryer: the gas line, a crumpled foil transition duct and the round vent outlet in the wall.

    A crumpled foil duct and the wall outlet behind a dryer

  • A coil of flexible aluminum duct held open in one hand.

    A coil of flexible aluminum duct

  • A firebox floor covered in soot and debris, between light firebrick walls.

    Soot and debris on a firebox floor

How a visit goes

Four steps, whatever the job

A yearly sweep and a repair follow the same order, so you always know what comes next.

  1. Tell us what is going on

    Call or send the form and describe it, a smoky room, a stuck damper, a dryer that never finishes, and we tell you which visit fits.

  2. We look before we work

    The camera goes up the flue, or into the duct, before anything is cleaned or quoted.

  3. The work you approve

    Rods, brushes and a vacuum for a sweep, or the repair the inspection pointed to, and nothing you did not approve.

  4. Findings in writing

    You get what we found in writing with photographs, so you have a record for yourself, a buyer or an insurer.

Nineteen towns, one phone number, answered from 7 am to 9 pm every day. Book online 24/7.

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The eight counties we serve

Pick a county on the map or in the list to see its towns. Every town has its own page with local facts that shape the work there.

Map of the eight New Jersey counties Royal Chimney serves, from Passaic and Bergen in the north to Monmouth in the southEssexHudsonUnionBergenMorrisPassaicMiddlesexMonmouth

Each county in the list has its own page with the towns we serve there.

Go to a county

All 19 towns, by county

Essex County

Hudson County

Union County

Bergen County

Morris County

Passaic County

Middlesex County

Monmouth County

Before you call

Questions we hear most

Which towns do you serve?

Nineteen towns in eight New Jersey counties: Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union, Middlesex, Morris and Monmouth. Each town has its own page under Where we work. If yours is not listed, call and ask.

How often should a chimney be swept?

NFPA 211 calls for an inspection at least once a year, with a sweep when the inspection finds buildup. A fireplace or stove used all winter usually needs a sweep every year.

We heat with gas and never light the fireplace. Do we need you?

The flue your boiler or water heater uses still needs to be clear and sound, and gas exhaust is wet, which is hard on an old liner. A yearly inspection covers it.

Do you clean dryer vents and air ducts too?

Yes, and they are separate jobs. Dryer vent cleaning clears the run from the dryer to the outside hood. Air duct cleaning covers the heating and cooling ducts, and we will tell you honestly whether yours need it.

What if you find a problem?

You see it on the camera and in the photographs first. Nothing is repaired until you know what was found and have approved the work.