Chimney service
in Summit
Serving Northside, Brayton, Franklin, Historic District, Summit Avenue. Inspection, cleaning and repair — with photographs of everything we find.
on site
included
Summit, Union County
What chimneys
are like here
Summit sits high on the Second Watchung ridge and has one of the better collections of large late-Victorian and early-1900s housing in Union County. Shingle Style, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival houses, many with three or four original fireplaces, and the tall corbelled masonry stacks that go with that era.
Elevation is the local factor, as it is in Montclair. A stack on the Summit ridge is fully exposed and takes weather from every direction, and the failure we see most is the crown — almost always an original mortar wash rather than a cast crown, cracked after a century of freeze-thaw, letting water into the space between the liner and the brick where it is invisible until the chimney breast starts staining.
Slate and tile roofs are common on the larger Summit houses, and they change how a job is approached. Slate is unforgiving to walk and expensive to repair, so on those houses we plan access before quoting and work from a ladder and the flue rather than putting weight where it will cost you a roof bill.
On our Summit calls
What we find most
- Cracked mortar-wash crowns on tall ridge-exposed stacks
- Unlined flues in 1890-1920 houses with multiple fireplaces
- Slate and tile roofs requiring planned access
- Interior staining from long-running concealed water intrusion
None of that is unusual for the housing stock here, and most of it is cheaper to deal with early. The $49 inspection tells you which of these you actually have.
Book in Summit
Inspection $49 · Cleaning $99
What happens on the visit
- We protect your floor and hearth before anything else
- A camera goes in the flue, bottom to top — not a flashlight
- We check the firebox, damper, smoke shelf and the crown above the roofline
- We confirm which appliances vent into which flue
- You get a written report with photographs the same day
Services in Summit
What we do
Common problems
Nearby towns
Summit questions
Straight answers
Do you actually come out to Summit?
Yes. We cover Summit and the rest of New Jersey, and we work there regularly. Same-day is often available if you call before noon.
What does it cost in Summit?
An inspection is $49 and a cleaning is $99, the same as everywhere else we work in New Jersey. There is no travel surcharge for Summit.
What is the difference between the $49 and the $99?
$49 is an inspection — we scan the flue with a camera and tell you the condition it is in. $99 is a cleaning — we brush the full flue, clear the smoke shelf and firebox, and the inspection is included with it.
How long does it take?
An inspection on a typical single-flue house is about forty-five minutes to an hour. A cleaning is usually ninety minutes to two hours depending on the condition of the flue and roof access.