Friendly. Professional. Informative. Effective. Efficient.Cleared my flue effectively and without mess or drama.
Chimney and duct service in Union County
Most of our repair work in Union County is caps and flashing, and the reason is exposure rather than age. The eastern side of the county sits on the bay, so salt reaches the roofs and driven rain from the east finds any weakness in a flashing detail.
5.0from 59 Google reviews
The short answer
Further west the work shifts to crowns and repointing on tall multi-flue stacks. We sweep and scan across the whole county, but on the coastal side the first thing we look at is what is keeping water out.
What we find on these jobs
Near the water, caps corrode noticeably faster than they do inland, and friction-fit ones lift in a serious blow. Once a cap has gone, rain falls straight down an open flue for a season and the liner pays for it, which is why the sequence we see most often is a failed cap followed months later by a stain on a ceiling. Inland, on the taller Victorian stacks, the failure runs top-down instead: the crown cracks, the joints below it open as water gets in, and eventually the brick face itself starts spalling. Knowing which side of that line a stack is on decides whether repointing is worth doing at all.
Everything we do in Union County
- 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
Towns we cover in Union County
What Union County 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 Union County
Why does my cap keep failing here?
Salt, if you are near the bay, plus wind. Stainless resists corrosion, it does not ignore it, and a friction-fit cap will not survive a serious blow repeatedly. It is the argument for a properly sized locking cap rather than the cheapest one that fits.
Which comes first, the cap or the sweep?
The cap, on the coastal side. Clearing a flue that rain is still falling into achieves very little, and in this exposure the cap is the thing most likely to have failed.
Is repointing worth doing on an old stack?
Only if the brick face is still sound, in which case it buys decades. If the face has already begun to spall, repointing is good mortar around bad brick and we will tell you that rather than sell it to you.
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.