Premium Chimney Cleaning for Highlands's Coziest Homes

At Spencer Family Chimney Repair, our expertise covers comprehensive chimney and heating appliance services, including:

Chimney Renovations

Chimney Leak Fix

Fireplace Installation

Chimney Waterproofing

Chimney Relining

Masonry Repairs

Stove Installation

Chimney Inspections

Chimney Sweeps

How Are We Different From the Rest?

We know you're extremely busy and put a lot of effort into maintaining your home's beauty. At Spencer Family Chimney Repair, our priority is to ensure we leave no evidence of our visit, except for your satisfaction and a secure, healthy chimney. We start by placing drop-cloths as soon as we enter your home to keep your floors pristine, and we utilize powerful vacuums to eliminate any debris or soot that might be dislodged during sweeping.

We keep your chimney clean and use advanced video scanning technology to document its condition both before and after our services. This allows us to detect any issues, and you can see the immediate results of our visit.

By entrusting your chimney to Spencer Family Chimney Repair, you'll benefit from highly trained and certified technicians, a perfectly clean service, a cutting-edge inspection, and detailed documentation of the process from start to finish.

Highlands, NJ residents appreciate our integrity and craftsmanship, setting us apart. Staffed with a knowledgeable chimney technician and often an additional assistant, our work vans are ready for action. All technicians have years of experience and are dedicated to personalized service.

Why You Should Never Overlook Chimney Sweeping

Although chimney sweeping might appear easy, it is a detailed process that calls for an expert's care to be performed accurately, and it is key to preserving your chimney's functionality and the security of your home and family.

When your fireplace or stove is in use, your chimney serves to safely contain and eliminate harmful byproducts of burning fuel, such as gases, smoke, particles, and minerals. However, debris and creosote can build up over time, potentially causing blockages and fires. A trained New Jersey chimney sweep will effectively and safely clean the debris and creosote, allowing your chimney to function correctly.

Ensuring your safety and saving you money in the long run, chimney sweeping is a vital and reasonably priced part of preventative maintenance.

Yearly inspection and cleaning are necessary for chimneys used on a regular basis, but even those used sporadically should be checked and swept a minimum of once to ensure safe and appropriate operation.

It's a snap to gear up for your chimney sweeping appointment:

For at least 24 hours preceding your appointment, do not have a fire in your fireplace.

Keep furniture and breakable objects at a safe distance from the area near your stove or fireplace.

Please have your pets in a separate room, removed from the work area.

Your technician will take around 60 to 90 minutes to finish the chimney sweep job, and you can expect them to:

Study the interior and exterior accessible areas of your chimney.

Assess factory-built units for crack presence.

Rely on special brushes for chimney sweeping.

Examine your chimney liner, checking for cracks, gaps, and missing joints.

Give your chimney's smoke chamber, smoke shelf, and damper a good scrub using our hand tools.

Sweep away ashes to keep firebox clean.

Detach the grate from the fireplace or stove, then brush it.

Examine for possible fire hazards.

Though chimney tools have transformed over the years, the age-old method of chimney sweeping with brushes and rods is still employed.

What to Be Aware of When Hiring a Chimney Sweep

Chimney sweeping is not a federally regulated industry therefore, anyone can buy a couple of tools and brushes and say that they're qualified. But hiring the wrong company can be a costly mistake.

Chimney fires and fireplace problems can often be avoided through appropriate maintenance, while issues and risks can be intensified by incompetent chimney sweeps and their poor quality repairs. We have even intervened to help homeowners who have been deceived by some of these unqualified firms.

The numerous chimney sweep companies can make it challenging to grasp the differences in education, training, experience, and standards. What criteria should be taken into consideration when hiring a chimney sweep?

The long-term safety of your chimney may not be every sweep's priority. Whether you opt for Spencer Family Chimney Repair or another provider, it's vital they are licensed, insured, and certified for chimney and fireplace care.

Initially, confirm the company's licensing and insurance, and it's consistently prudent to seek out references. Furthermore, search for CSIA certification in New Jersey chimney sweep services.

With a focus on homeowner safety and fire hazard protection, the non-profit Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) is governed by volunteer industry professionals. They have been promoting this cause since the 1980s through the CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep credential.