RidgewoodQueens, NYYour Local Ridgewood Chimney Pros
Chimney sweeping, inspections, repairs and rebuilds for homes in Ridgewood, Queens, from our family-owned, licensed and insured crew with 15+ years of experience.
About Ridgewood
Ridgewood is in Queens Community District 5 and is covered by ZIP Code 11385, which it shares with Glendale.
Most houses built before 1905 were wood-frame houses; that year a zoning ordinance required new buildings to be made of masonry.
Ridgewood is known for yellow face brick construction typical of its early-20th-century rowhouses.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated four historic districts in Ridgewood.
Parts of Ridgewood are in landmark districts (Stockholm Street Historic District, Ridgewood North Historic District, Ridgewood South Historic District, Central Ridgewood Historic District). Exterior masonry work on a landmarked building can need approval from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, so we check your address before the work is planned.
We serve Ridgewood homes in ZIP code 11385.
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?
Shared walls and party chimneys
Attached houses often share a chimney stack with the neighbor, with one flue per home. Smoke or water from next door, a blocked shared cap or a leaning stack affects both houses, so we check the whole stack and every flue before we plan a repair. Read: How Does Repair Work on a Shared Chimney?
For the bigger picture, read our local guide: Chimney Care in Queens, NY: 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
- 1953
- Median year homes were built, Queens County
- 30.3%
- Of homes built before 1940
- 62
- Nights a year at or below freezing
- 28.6°F
- Average January low
- 29.8 in
- Snow in an average year
- 45.3 in
- Rain and melted snow a year
Ridgewood is part of Queens County, where half of all homes were built before 1953 and 30.3% date from before 1940. About 62 nights a year drop to freezing here, so a crown crack or loose flashing in Ridgewood rarely stays small for long. With 45.3 inches of rain and melted snow a year, a chimney cap and a sound crown are what keep water out of the flue.
Sources: NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, New York Laguardia Ap station; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates (Queens County, New York). 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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