Friendly. Professional. Informative. Effective. Efficient.Cleared my flue effectively and without mess or drama.
Chimney sweep and duct cleaning in Fair Lawn, NJ
Chimney sweeping in Fair Lawn is the shortest drive we make, so it is normally the easiest appointment in the whole service area to fit in. The visit is the same everywhere: drop cloths on the hearth and floor before the damper is touched, a camera up the flue that you watch on the screen, rods worked from below and the cap taken off from above where the roof allows it, and photographs of the hearth before we leave.
5.0from 59 Google reviews
The short answer
What changes between one Fair Lawn house and the next is what the camera finds, and here that depends almost entirely on whether the boiler still runs on what it was built for.
What we find on these jobs
The finding we write up most often in this borough is a flue that is far too large for the appliance now venting into it, because the boiler was converted from oil to gas and the flue was never resized. The gases cool on the way up, condense, and the acidic condensate works on the liner from the inside. A correctly sized stainless liner is the usual repair and it is often the one that makes the chimney properly usable again. On the older housing we also find crowns that have taken close to a century of freeze-thaw, which is why those get scanned before they get swept rather than after. Dryer runs here are frequently long enough to be worth doing on the same visit.
Where the van goes in Fair Lawn
- Radburn
- Memorial Park
- Warren Point
- Columbia Heights
- Broadway
- Dunkerhook
Everything we do in Fair Lawn
- Chimney sweepingSoot and creosote out, no mess left behind
- Chimney inspectionLevel 1 and Level 2, camera and report
- Chimney repairCrowns, caps, flashing, liners, masonry
- Fireplace & stoveGas and wood, pilots, dampers, downdraft
- Dryer vent cleaningThe whole run cleared, not just the trap
- Air duct cleaningWhen it is worth doing — and when it is not
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, disconnected, or past saving
What North Jersey homeowners say
5.0
59 reviews on Google
Read on
Google publishes 59; we counted the 60 the listing returned.
There was a lot of shaking in the chimney at night because the cap had come loose. They took it out and replaced it with a safe locking model, fixed the broken tile below, cleaned up the mess, and checked the…
The formation of water stains around the fireplace was prevented by repairing the flashing. The sealing seems to be well-done and secure. At last, weatherproofing feels solid. Thorough focus on detail.
Questions from Fair Lawn
How quickly can you get to Fair Lawn?
It is the shortest drive we make, so it is normally the easiest town in the whole service area to fit into a week. Call and ask what the next few days look like rather than assuming it is booked out.
My boiler was changed from oil to gas. What does that mean for the job?
It usually means the flue is now much larger than it needs to be, so the gases cool and condense on the way up. It is the most common thing we write up here, and the repair is a stainless liner sized to the appliance rather than to the old flue.
Do you sweep the boiler flue as well as the fireplace?
They are usually separate flues in one stack and both matter. The fireplace flue is the one people ask about; the appliance flue is the one that quietly corrodes, and it is the one the camera is really there for.
Is an older house here a different job?
The visit is the same but the scan matters more. Narrower flues, older masonry and crowns with a great deal of freeze-thaw behind them mean we look before we brush, every time.
Find us on Google
The same listing the 59 reviews are on. It is the fastest way to check we are real before you call.