Chimney Service in Gloucester County

Gloucester County is mostly detached houses, 73 percent, and most were built recently: the Census Bureau's 2024 survey puts the median home at 1979. Washington Township is largely newer suburban housing. Older centers remain in Woodbury, the county seat, in Glassboro, founded in 1779 as Glass Works in the Woods, and in Mullica Hill, whose 68-acre historic district was listed on the National Register in 1991. Older houses in those towns are where unlined or cracked brick flues are most likely.

Gas heats 78 percent of Gloucester homes, but 9 percent still use oil and about 950 homes heat mainly with wood, more than any other South Jersey county. So the chimney work runs from gas fireplaces and furnace flues in the suburbs to oil boilers and wood stoves on the older farms. Wood stoves used for heat build creosote fast and need a cleaning every season, while gas flues mainly need a yearly check for corrosion, nests and blockages.

Mullica Hill and the farm towns

An older farmhouse around Mullica Hill may have a masonry chimney that has served wood, coal, oil and now gas or propane over the years. Flues like that are often oversized, unlined or cracked. When an oil boiler is replaced or a house switches fuels, New Jersey's F-370 chimney verification has to be done first. A liner for a new boiler or water heater typically runs $625 to $2,250.

The 2021 tornado that struck Mullica Hill destroyed homes and farms. Storm-damaged chimneys should be checked before they are used again.

Wood stoves in Gloucester County

A wood stove used for heat needs its liner cleaned every season, priced at the free inspection. Glazed creosote removal typically runs $400 to $900. A new wood stove typically runs $3,000 to $8,000 installed and a pellet stove $1,600 to $4,100, with a permit through the town's construction office.