Chimney sweep and duct cleaning in Paterson, NJ
Paterson is a city of two-family and three-family houses. More than half of its homes, 52.6 percent, sit in buildings with two to four units, so one brick stack often carries a flue for each apartment. Before anything gets swept, we work out which flue belongs to which boiler, then clean and inspect the ones you need.
At a glance
Across Paterson we sweep and inspect chimneys in multi-family houses, repair crowns, caps and flashing, and clear dryer vents and ducts for owners and landlords.
What the work looks like in Paterson
A Paterson two-family house often has one masonry chimney with two or three flues inside it, each added when a boiler or water heater was installed or replaced. From the basement it is hard to tell which flue serves which apartment, and a wrong guess means the wrong flue gets cleaned. So the visit starts with the camera, following each appliance connection up its own flue and checking the walls between them. With roughly a third of the city’s housing built before 1940, many of those flues are unlined brick, which can work well for decades but deserves a closer look at every joint. For landlords, the written findings with photographs are often what matters most, because they answer a tenant, an insurer or a buyer. Dryer vents in these houses tend to run through older walls and floors, and we clear them on the same trip when asked.
Neighborhoods we visit in Paterson
- Eastside
- Hillcrest
- People’s Park
- Riverside
- Sandy Hill
- Stoney Road
- Totowa
Services we offer in Paterson
- Chimney sweepingSoot and creosote out, firebox to cap
- Chimney inspectionA camera look at the flue, explained in writing
- Chimney repairLeaks at the crown, cap, flashing or liner
- Fireplace & stoveDampers, doors, gaskets and stovepipes
- Dryer vent cleaningLint out of the run, dryer to outside hood
- Air duct cleaningA straight answer on whether your ducts need it
- Duct repair & replacementCrushed, split or sagging runs put right
Recent reviews from our Google listing
A selection of our 5-star reviews on Google.
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.
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.
To guarantee that the cleaned flue maintained a consistent laminar flow throughout, devoid of eddy currents and reverse air roll, pressure testing was undertaken.
Paterson questions we hear
I own a two-family house. Do you check both flues?
Yes. We look at every flue in the stack and clean the ones you ask for. The first thing we confirm is that each appliance has its own flue and that the wall between them is intact.
Can you give me something in writing for my tenants or my insurer?
Yes. After the inspection you get the findings in writing with photographs, item by item: what is in good shape, what to watch and what needs repair.
The chimney has never had a liner. Is that a problem?
Not automatically. Plenty of unlined brick flues have worked for a century. It does mean the joints matter more, which is why we look before we brush.
Do you also clean dryer vents in Paterson?
Yes. We clear the run from the dryer to the outside hood, and in a multi-family house we can do every unit’s dryer on one visit if the owner arranges access.
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