Chimney Service in Burlington County

Burlington is New Jersey's largest county by land area, with 40 municipalities stretching from the Delaware River to the Pine Barrens. Its housing is mostly postwar. Willingboro was built as a Levittown starting in 1958, and Mount Laurel, Marlton and Medford grew with colonials and townhouses; 16 percent of the county's homes are attached houses. The Census Bureau's 2024 survey puts the median home at 1977 and 10 percent before 1940.

Burlington City and Bordentown on the river are among the county's older towns, and Moorestown has its own older center. About 70 percent of the county heats with utility gas and 5 percent with oil, and about 820 homes heat mainly with wood. Most chimneys in the county now vent a gas furnace or water heater. When one is replaced, New Jersey requires a chimney verification on form F-370, and the old flue often needs a liner sized for the new appliance.

Townhouse and development fireplaces

In Mount Laurel, Marlton and the developments around them, many fireplaces are factory-built units with a metal flue in a framed chase. The common problems are a rusted chase cover, a cracked refractory panel and a missing cap. A chase cover typically runs $300 to $700 and a cap $250 to $850. A gas fireplace needs a yearly check, typically $150 to $350.

Wood heat toward the Pines

In Medford and the towns near the Pinelands, wood stoves and fireplaces still get winter use. A stove or fireplace burned often needs its flue cleaned every season, priced at the free inspection. A wood stove installation typically runs $3,000 to $8,000 and an insert with liner $3,000 to $7,000, with a permit through the town's construction office.