Chimney Repair for Orange chimneys
Orange's Victorian houses were built with several chimneys, often with decorative corbelled tops, serving fireplaces in multiple rooms and the original coal furnace. Two- and three-family houses often have a stack serving a heating system for each unit, and apartment buildings have large boiler chimneys. After more than a century of weather and fuel changes, most need attention.
We repair chimneys throughout Orange: repointing, crowns, caps, stainless steel liners, flashing, waterproofing, cleaning and rebuilds above the roofline. Decorative chimney tops are rebuilt with care to keep their profile, using brick matched as closely as practical.
Orange housing
Orange's housing is mostly late 1800s to early 1900s: Victorian single-family homes with turrets, steep gables, porches and decorative trim, many now divided into apartments; two- and three-family frame houses on narrow lots; and brick apartment buildings with flat roofs. Some older homes have built-in gutters, mansard or hipped roofs and slate remnants. Former factory and industrial buildings and Main Street commercial blocks carry large flat roofs.
Weather & exposure
Most of Orange is low and fairly flat, with ground rising on its western side toward the Watchung ridge. Street trees shade many older blocks, and close-set houses mean overflowing gutters can soak a neighbor's wall. Freeze-thaw is hard on century-old masonry chimneys, parapets and decorative brickwork, and ice dams form along the deep eaves and built-in gutters of older homes in cold stretches.
Repair, repoint or rebuild in Orange
An inspection should cover every chimney on the house, including those that look unused. For most Orange homes the priorities are caps on open flues, liners for gas appliances, a sound crown and repointing or rebuilding of the exposed tops.
Loose brick on a decorative chimney above a walkway or neighboring property should be addressed quickly. We stage the work carefully on tight lots and protect both properties.
