Chimney Repair for Far Hills chimneys
Far Hills' country homes and estates often have large brick or stone chimneys serving several fireplaces, and some outbuildings have chimneys of their own. These chimneys stand in a cold, exposed setting, and freeze-thaw damage to crowns, mortar joints and brick faces accumulates each winter. Caps can lift in wind, and unused flues still take on water.
Asset Roofing & Chimney inspects, repoints, rebuilds crowns, installs caps and flashing, lines flues with stainless steel, rebuilds stacks from the roofline up and waterproofs porous masonry, on both brick and stone.
Far Hills housing
Far Hills has a small number of homes. Near the village center there are older houses on smaller lots; elsewhere the borough consists mostly of country homes and estates on large properties, many with barns, stables and other outbuildings. Roof coverings are mixed: asphalt shingle is common, and slate, cedar and metal appear on older estates and farm buildings. Many of the larger homes have substantial masonry chimneys.
Weather & exposure
Open pasture and rolling hills leave many Far Hills roofs exposed to wind, while homes set in wooded sections deal with shade, debris and fallen limbs. As part of the Somerset Hills, the borough is colder and snowier than the eastern part of the state, with more freeze-thaw cycles on chimneys and ice damming at the eaves of older houses.
Repair, repoint or rebuild in Far Hills
We inspect from the roof and inside, identify which flues are active and what each serves, and recommend work accordingly: a crown with expansion joints and an overhang, repointing, fastened stainless caps, new flashing and liners where flues are in use.
Where a stack is loose or deeply spalled, we rebuild from the roofline up and match brick or stone as closely as available materials allow. A breathable water repellent afterward reduces the moisture the masonry absorbs.
