Salt air off the shore eats caps and mortar; fast-built subdivisions hide fast-built flues. Whatever your chimney is doing — and whatever time it decides to do it — a live person picks up at our shop on River Ave, day or night.
A sweep who can't lay brick calls a mason; a mason who can't stage creosote calls a sweep. Our techs are trained across both trades, which is what makes an honest around-the-clock operation possible.
Creosote doesn't schedule itself, and neither must you. Full-length rod-and-brush cleaning with sealed vacuum recovery, booked for whatever slot your week actually has open — evenings included.
The whole system gets eyes on it — interior components, flue condition, exterior masonry — at no charge, whatever the clock says. Want it all in writing with photos? The formal report is $149, strictly optional.
A stack that's shedding, leaning or crumbling gets taken down to solid courses and brought back up straight — with brick chosen to disappear into the rest of the house, not announce the repair.
Between shore humidity and January freezes, Ocean County mortar has a hard life. Failed joints get ground to sound depth and repacked with a blend matched to the wall — color, texture and strength.
Lakewood's newer developments are full of framed chases with builder-grade covers that rust through in a decade. We fabricate and fit stainless replacements, plus caps and crowns for masonry stacks.
When a nor'easter drives rain under the flashing at 2 AM, you don't need a voicemail box — you need a tarp, then a fix. We do both: immediate weatherproofing on the emergency call, permanent metal after.
Cracked tile liners and unlined flues push combustion gases where they don't belong. Insulated stainless liners sized to the appliance restore the draft — for open fireplaces, inserts, stoves and furnace flues.
Burned-through firebrick, sagging lintels, smoke-stained surrounds — the room's centerpiece deserves better. Refractory rebuilds and hearth work that make the fireplace safe to love again.
Most of the expensive chimney jobs we do started as cheap ones somebody postponed. Here's what the early warnings look like from the ground.
You'll never chase us for a price, a photo or a call back. The process is built so the homeowner holds the evidence at every step.
Two in the afternoon or two in the morning — a person answers, asks what the chimney's doing, and gives you a real window.
The tech works the system top to bottom for nothing, then tells you plainly what's urgent, what's coming, and what's fine.
Repairs come itemized in writing, safety items first. Take all, some or none — and add the $149 written report only if you need the paper.
Vacuums sealed, cloths down, debris hauled off, workmanship warranted on paper before the truck leaves the curb.
Right now, someone at River Ave is near the phone. That's true at breakfast, at bedtime, and at every hour in between — and the inspection won't cost you a dime whenever you book it.
(848) 373-3379Pulled straight from the trucks' camera rolls — cleanings, rebuilds, chase work and the occasional 3 AM save.
Lakewood is home; the shore towns and the pinelands are the daily circuit. If a truck can reach it inside an hour, it's ours.
Outside the circle? Dial (848) 373-3379 and ask — distance has never once been the dealbreaker.
Actually, yes. The number rings through to a person at any hour of any day — not a machine, not a paging service. Routine sweeps and inspections still tend to book into daytime slots because homeowners prefer them, but the capability is real: flue fires, storm leaks and trapped animals have all had trucks dispatched well past midnight.
Really free, day or night — the complete evaluation of firebox, damper, smoke chamber, flue, crown, cap, flashing and brick, with the technician's verdict explained face to face before the truck leaves. The asterisk covers the paperwork: if you want the findings as a formal written report with photos — for a closing table, an insurance claim or your own records — that document is $149. The 2 AM caller and the 2 PM caller get the same deal.
Regular wood burners: once a heating season. Occasional burners: an annual look regardless, because moisture and wildlife cause as much trouble as soot. And near the water, add salt to the equation — coastal air chews through caps, dampers and mortar noticeably faster than it does a few miles inland.
Because the leak was never actually found. Water shows itself far from where it enters — a lifted flashing corner, a hairline crown crack or a perforated chase cover can each feed the same stain. We trace the path backward to the true opening and fix that specific failure, which is why our repairs don't reappear with the next nor'easter.
General liability plus workers' comp, certificates available before the visit — just ask when you book. Everyone who enters a home has passed a background check. We'd encourage you to demand the same paperwork from anyone else who quotes your roof.
No — containment is half the craft. The opening gets masked, runners protect the path, and a sealed HEPA vacuum runs from the first rod to the final wipe-down. Sixty to ninety minutes later the only difference in your living room is a flue you can trust.
Yes, and quickly; pre-purchase visits jump the queue because closings don't wait. The inspection itself is free like any other — though for a purchase you'll almost certainly want the $149 written report, since a verbal verdict carries no weight at a negotiating table.
Anything that can't safely wait for morning: a flue fire (even one that seems to have gone out), smoke entering the room, brick dropping from the stack, storm water pouring in, or an animal trapped in the flue. Call (848) 373-3379 and say the word emergency. If flames are active or you suspect carbon monoxide in the house, get everyone out and call 911 before you call us.
Whatever time it is as you read this sentence, the line is live. That's the whole promise of a 24-hour shop.
No menus, no hold music, no "your call is important to us." The person answering has held the brush and the trowel, and can usually tell from your description what you're dealing with.
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