Chimney Sweep in Mount Arlington, NJ
Chimney sweep service for Mount Arlington, NJ, the borough on the south-east shore of Lake Hopatcong. We come across from Hopatcong to sweep fireplaces, wood stoves and inserts before the heating season.
Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweeping chimneys on the Mount Arlington shore
Mount Arlington grew up as a lake resort. Summer visitors once arrived by train and crossed the water to hotels along the shore, and the borough that followed has been incorporated since 1890. The Borough of Mount Arlington publishes local notices and permit information for residents today.
That history leaves two generations of chimney side by side. Older houses near the water often have masonry fireplaces that were built for occasional use and have since seen decades of real winters. Flues like these tend to carry old, hardened creosote under the fresh soot, and it takes more than one pass with a brush to shift it.
Homes built after the resort years are more likely to have a prefabricated fireplace with a metal chimney. They are swept with softer brushes sized to the pipe so the liner wall is not scratched.
Illustrative photo, not a specific job.
Mount Arlington service area
Any street in the borough, from the lakefront to the neighbourhoods up the hill toward Route 80.