HackensackBergen County, NJYour Local Hackensack Chimney Pros
Chimney sweeping, inspections, repairs and rebuilds for homes in Hackensack, Bergen County, from our family-owned, licensed and insured crew with 15+ years of experience.
About Hackensack
Hackensack is the county seat of Bergen County and its most populous municipality.
Its housing ranges from a mile-long strip of high-rise apartments on Prospect Avenue to older two-family blocks and single-family streets, the latter mostly on the city's western side.
Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median year built of housing in Hackensack at 1969, with about 15% of housing units built before 1940. The busiest building decade was the 1970s, with about 18%.
Utility gas heats about 50% of occupied homes in Hackensack and electricity about 40%.
Hackensack includes the historic district Reformed Dutch Church and Green. Older brick chimneys there often need matched brick and mortar, so we look at the house before we plan the work.
We serve Hackensack homes in ZIP code 07601.
What This Means for Your Hackensack Chimney
Older homes, older flues
Where homes date from before the 1940s, chimneys often have clay tile flues, soft lime mortar or no liner at all, and decades of freeze and thaw open the joints. A yearly inspection catches cracked tiles and failing mortar while the fix is still small. Read: What Is a Clay Flue Liner?
Gas boilers and water heaters
Gas appliances burn cleaner than oil, but their exhaust is wet. In an old masonry flue that water condenses, breaks down mortar and flue tiles, and shows up as white staining or crumbling brick. A liner made for gas protects the chimney. Read: Does a Gas Water Heater Need a Chimney Liner?
For the bigger picture, read our local guide: Chimney Care in Bergen County, NJ: What Local Homeowners Should Know
Why Hackensack Homeowners Call Us
- Family-owned, with our own crew and 15+ years of experience
- Licensed & insured
- Free written estimates before any work
- Upfront pricing, no hidden fees
Chimney Services in Hackensack
- Chimney Sweeping in HackensackCreosote out, draft back, ready for the next fire.Learn more
- Chimney Inspection in HackensackKnow it is safe before you light it.Learn more
- Chimney Repair in HackensackCracks, loose brick and failed mortar, fixed.Learn more
- Chimney Rebuild in HackensackDown to sound masonry, built back right.Learn more
- Caps & Crowns in HackensackKeep rain, birds and animals out.Learn more
- Chimney Liners in HackensackSized for your fireplace, stove or boiler.Learn more
- Masonry & Tuckpointing in HackensackFresh mortar joints that keep water out.Learn more
- Leak Repair in HackensackWe trace the water and fix the cause.Learn more
- Fireplace Repair in HackensackFirebox, damper and draft problems solved.Learn more
- Dryer Vent Cleaning in HackensackLint out, faster and safer drying.Learn more
By the numbers
What Hackensack’s Weather and Homes Mean for Your Chimney
- 1967
- Median year Hackensack homes were built
- 16.5%
- Of Hackensack homes built before 1940
- 89
- Nights a year at or below freezing
- 25.7°F
- Average January low
- 46.3 in
- Rain and melted snow a year
Half of the homes in Hackensack were built before 1967, and 16.5% date from before 1940, so a good share of chimneys here were built to older standards, with clay tile liners and crowns that are now decades old. With about 89 freezing nights a year in Bergen County, water that gets into a crack freezes and widens it again and again, which is why we check the crown and flashing on every visit.
Sources: NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, Teterboro Ap station; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates (Hackensack city, Bergen County, New Jersey). NOAA data · Census data
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How It Works
- Your callCall, text or book online
Tell us what you see or smell. A real person from our team answers and sets a time that suits you.
- The visitFree chimney inspection
Our own crew arrives in a marked Pro 1 van, covers the floor and inspects the chimney from the firebox to the cap, free of charge.
- The estimateFree written estimate
We walk you through what we found, in plain words, and put any repair in writing before work starts.
- The workThe job, done right
We do the work, clean up the roof, the yard and the room, and walk you through the finished job.
Book before the holidays. Fireplaces get their heaviest use from Thanksgiving to New Year. A free inspection now catches nests, creosote and cracked flue tiles before the first big fire and the family gatherings.
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