RidgewoodBergen County, NJYour Local Ridgewood Chimney Pros
Chimney sweeping, inspections, repairs and rebuilds for homes in Ridgewood, Bergen County, from our family-owned, licensed and insured crew with 15+ years of experience.
About Ridgewood
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, created in 1894 with the same boundaries as Ridgewood Township.
Several Ackerman family homes on the National Register date from the late 1700s and early 1800s, including a stone house at 252 Lincoln Avenue built around 1810.
Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median year built of housing in Ridgewood at 1950, with about 38% of housing units built before 1940.
Utility gas heats about 85% of occupied homes in Ridgewood.
Ridgewood includes the historic district Paramus Reformed Church Historic District. Older brick chimneys there often need matched brick and mortar, so we look at the house before we plan the work.
We serve Ridgewood homes in ZIP codes 07450, 07451, 07452.
What This Means for Your Ridgewood 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 Ridgewood 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 Ridgewood
- Chimney Sweeping in RidgewoodCreosote out, draft back, ready for the next fire.Learn more
- Chimney Inspection in RidgewoodKnow it is safe before you light it.Learn more
- Chimney Repair in RidgewoodCracks, loose brick and failed mortar, fixed.Learn more
- Chimney Rebuild in RidgewoodDown to sound masonry, built back right.Learn more
- Caps & Crowns in RidgewoodKeep rain, birds and animals out.Learn more
- Chimney Liners in RidgewoodSized for your fireplace, stove or boiler.Learn more
- Masonry & Tuckpointing in RidgewoodFresh mortar joints that keep water out.Learn more
- Leak Repair in RidgewoodWe trace the water and fix the cause.Learn more
- Fireplace Repair in RidgewoodFirebox, damper and draft problems solved.Learn more
- Dryer Vent Cleaning in RidgewoodLint out, faster and safer drying.Learn more
By the numbers
What Ridgewood’s Weather and Homes Mean for Your Chimney
- 1950
- Median year Ridgewood homes were built
- 37.3%
- Of Ridgewood 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 Ridgewood were built before 1950, and 37.3% date from before 1940, so many chimneys here still run on original clay tile or unlined brick, and mortar joints that old need repointing on a schedule. 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 (Ridgewood village, 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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