Chimney Sweeping, Duct and Dryer Vent Care in Lebanon Township, NJ
Lebanon Township is the northernmost township in Hunterdon County and holds its highest ground, with villages such as New Hampton, Woodglen and Little Brook and houses tucked along wooded back roads. Oil, propane and wood heat most of those houses, so the chimney is usually the first thing we talk about.
The township spreads over nearly 32 square miles of Hunterdon County between the Morris and Warren county lines, and two points in it reach about 1,060 feet, the highest in the county. It was on record by 1731, was incorporated with the state's first 104 townships in 1798 and gave up land over the years to form Tewksbury, Clinton Township, High Bridge and three other boroughs. It counted 6,195 residents in the 2020 census.
Nearly every home here is a detached house, according to census estimates, and they come from every era, the years before 1940 included, up through the 2000s. Fuel oil heats more than half of them and propane the next largest group; wood is still the main heat in some homes, and utility gas reaches only a few. High Bridge sits at the township's southern edge, Clinton Township lies to the south and Tewksbury to the east.
High ground, river villages and state parkland
New Hampton, on the Musconetcong, has a historic district listed in 1998 whose buildings date from about 1780 into the 1920s, along with a pony Pratt truss bridge across the river. Voorhees State Park began in 1929 as a farm given to the state by a former governor, and the Columbia Trail follows the old railroad bed through the Ken Lockwood Gorge. Between them run roads of farmhouses, 1970s houses and newer homes from the 2000s set back in the trees.
That setting shapes the jobs. Houses on wooded lots see birds and mice at the vents, long gravel drives mean planning where the truck parks, and the location of the septic field and the well decides which way the hose goes.
Oil, propane and wood: the chimney does real work here
An oil flue collects soot and flaking scale at the bottom and should be swept before the heating season, and the cleanout door shows how much has come down. A wood stove or insert burning through the winter builds creosote in its liner and connector pipe, faster when the wood is wet or the fire is kept low. The NFPA advises that heating equipment and chimneys be cleaned and inspected every year, and Chimney Cleaning covers the sweep, the smoke chamber and the base of each flue in use.
Chimney Repair picks up what the sweep finds: a crown opened by freeze and thaw, flashing pulled away at the roofline, a cap that rusted through, or a liner that no longer suits the appliance after a switch from oil to propane.
Ducts in houses heated by a boiler or a stove
When a boiler or a stove carries the heat, the ductwork is there for the central air and nothing else. Its air handler, often in the attic, runs through a few summer months and then sits cold and damp, and the dust its return pulls in settles on a coil that never fully dries. Air Duct Cleaning takes in the supply runs, the return, the blower compartment and the coil area. Mold Treatment and Removal takes care of growth on the coil, the pan or the nearby duct, and HVAC UV Light Installation keeps a lamp on the coil between cleanings.
A propane furnace moves both heat and cooling through the same trunk, so its ducts carry more hours of air. Air Duct Repair seals joints and refastens runs that sagged in the attic, and Air Duct Installation adds a return or a branch where an addition was never tied in.
Dryer vents along the tree line
A dryer vent hood on a wooded lot is a favorite nesting spot, and a nest behind a stuck flap blocks the whole run. Dryer Vent Cleaning removes the nest and the packed lint, clears the full run to the outside and leaves a hood whose flap closes, with no screen. Where the run was built of foil or snakes too far, Dryer Vent Installation rebuilds the run in rigid metal along a shorter path.
A visit in Lebanon Township
Route 31 and County Route 513 carry us into the township, and on the higher roads we check the weather and the driveway before winter visits. We start at the heating system and the chimney, then the ducts and the dryer vent. AMG, veteran owned and licensed and insured, picks up calls 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week.
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Questions and answers
We heat with a wood stove. How often should the chimney be swept?
Have it inspected at least once a year, as the NFPA advises for chimneys. A stove that runs all winter, or burns wood that is not fully dry, can build creosote fast enough to call for a sweep partway through the season as well.
Our oil company says the chimney should be cleaned. Is that your job?
Yes. The burner service belongs to the oil company, while the flue, the base of the chimney and the cleanout are Chimney Cleaning. We sweep the flue, clear what has fallen to the bottom and tell you what the liner and the crown look like.
There is no natural gas on our road. Does propane change anything for the chimney?
It depends on how the propane appliance vents. A condensing furnace exhausts through PVC pipe out a wall, so the chimney drops out of the picture, while an older unit venting into masonry wants a liner sized for it. We check which you have.
Do you clean wood stove inserts and their liners?
Yes. Chimney Cleaning covers the insert's liner, the connector pipe where there is one and the base of the flue, and we look at the cap and the crown while we are up top. Tell us how much wood the stove burns in a winter so we can plan the time.
Do you come up to New Hampton and the roads near Voorhees State Park?
Yes, the whole township. Call (848) 220-1635, tell us the road and whether the house burns oil, propane or wood, and the estimate is free.
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