Chimney Repair for Netcong chimneys
The typical Netcong chimney is a single brick stack on an older house, originally serving a coal or oil furnace and often now venting a gas furnace or water heater. These chimneys have weathered many decades of cold Highlands winters, and the usual findings are a cracked crown, eroded joints near the top, a missing or rusted cap and a clay liner that has deteriorated, especially where a newer appliance vents into it.
Asset Roofing & Chimney inspects, repairs, relines and rebuilds these chimneys, and services the brick and metal chimneys on mixed-use buildings in the center of town. Close house spacing means some chimneys are reachable only from the roof, which we plan for during the inspection.
Netcong housing
Much of Netcong's housing dates from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s: two-story frame houses, small capes and bungalows on narrow lots, many with a single brick chimney. A modest number of mid-century and later homes, small apartment buildings and townhouses fill in around them. The commercial area has older two-story buildings with low-slope roofs behind front parapets or false fronts.
Weather & exposure
Netcong sits in the Highlands near Lake Musconetcong and the Musconetcong River, so winters are cold and snowy and the lake adds humidity and wind on its shore. Older homes are close together, which shades side walls and roofs and makes some roof areas hard to reach. Summer storms bring heavy, short downpours.
Repair, repoint or rebuild in Netcong
We inspect the chimney from the roof and at the appliance connection. On a typical older Netcong chimney, the work is a new crown, repointing of the top section, a fastened stainless cap, new flashing and, if a modern appliance vents into it, a liner. That combination addresses most of the problems we find on chimneys of this age.
If the chimney is leaning or the brick above the roof is loose, a rebuild of that section is the durable choice. We match brick as closely as available materials allow.
