Chimney Repair in Fords, NJ
Woodbridge Chimney Repair is a chimney repair company working in Fords, NJ, one of the towns we serve around Woodbridge. Sweeps, liners, leaks, crowns, flashing, repointing, and rebuilds, with the same crew on the roof from start to finish.
Fords was originally known as Fords Corner. It sits in the southwest part of Woodbridge Township, with Edison to the west, Keasbey to the south, and Hopelawn to the southeast, and the New Jersey Turnpike crosses its middle from west to east while the Garden State Parkway forms much of its eastern edge. Fords Middle School opened in September 1960 as Fords Junior High.
Fords in the census: 1.89 square miles, median year built 1957
Fords is compact, 1.89 square miles with 4,784 housing units in the 2020 census. The American Community Survey gives it a median year built of 1957, earlier than Iselin, Colonia, Avenel, Sewaren, or Port Reading, and counts 84 percent of its homes as built before 1980, the highest share of those six communities. Twelve percent date from 1939 or earlier and 8 percent from 2000 or later.
A chimney from the 1950s has usually seen several heating systems. Gas now heats 82 percent of occupied Fords homes and fuel oil 5 percent. Original clay tile, joints that have expanded and contracted through decades of heating seasons, and hardware that was never stainless are the things to check. A camera scan shows the condition of every tile joint, so sealing or relining can be decided on what the footage shows.
Repairs we do in Fords
Where older Fords chimneys show wear first
Crowns and joints near the end of first service
Chimneys of this age are often still on their original crown and their original mortar. A single inspection establishes where yours stands: still sound, due for maintenance, or overdue for crown and joint work.
Galvanized caps and dampers rusting out in pairs
A galvanized cap that rusts through lets rain straight down the flue, and the damper below can rust shut. Replacing both with stainless components sized to the flue keeps the same repair from coming back in ten years.
Clay tile joints opening over the decades
Clay flue tiles expand and contract with every fire and every furnace cycle, and over the decades the mortar between them cracks and gaps. A camera inspection shows every joint plainly, and sealing or relining is decided on footage, not guesswork.
Fords, once Fords Corner, has a census median year built of 1957, and 84 percent of its homes predate 1980; its middle school opened in 1960 as Fords Junior High.
Getting hold of us from Fords
Call us at (732) 466-7855 during working hours and you will get one of us, not a dispatcher.
Nearby
Close to Fords: chimney repair in Iselin and chimney repair in Edison. Every service and town is on the Woodbridge Chimney Repair home page, and flue cleaning has its own page: chimney sweep & cleaning in Woodbridge.