https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/Practical advice on air ducts, dryer vents, chimneys and indoor air quality.en-ushttps://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/cold-air-fireplace-damper-somerville/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/cold-air-fireplace-damper-somerville/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000Cold air at a Somerville fireplace usually points to a damper with worn edges or a broken seal, and a sweep call shows which it is.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/one-furnace-two-family-house-raritan-manville/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/one-furnace-two-family-house-raritan-manville/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000New Jersey code keeps return air inside one dwelling unit. Here is what that means for a Raritan or Manville two-family house and its ducts.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/dryer-vent-under-deck-porch-manville-raritan/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/dryer-vent-under-deck-porch-manville-raritan/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A dryer vent that ends under a deck or porch traps lint and moist air near the house. Here is what cleaning reaches and when the hood should move.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/dryer-vent-near-furnace-combustion-air-intake/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/dryer-vent-near-furnace-combustion-air-intake/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A high-efficiency furnace can draw combustion air from a side-wall pipe near the dryer vent. Here is how to check the clearance and what moves the vent.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/hand-damper-oil-burner-flue-pipe-rocky-hill-montgomery/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/hand-damper-oil-burner-flue-pipe-rocky-hill-montgomery/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A flat damper with a handle in an oil or gas flue pipe should come out. Here is how to tell it apart from a draft regulator and what gets replaced.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/heat-register-attached-garage-allowed-hillsborough-branchburg/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/heat-register-attached-garage-allowed-hillsborough-branchburg/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A heat register tied into an attached garage is not allowed on a house system under New Jersey's code. Here is what the rule requires and how repair fixes it.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/rodent-damaged-crawl-space-ducts-franklin-millstone/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/rodent-damaged-crawl-space-ducts-franklin-millstone/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Torn flex, nesting in a boot and droppings at a register point to rodent damage in a Franklin or Millstone crawl space. Here is what gets fixed.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/new-apartment-ducts-somerville-train-station/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/new-apartment-ducts-somerville-train-station/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000New apartments near the Somerville train station still collect construction dust in the ducts before anyone moves in. Here is what a tenant can check and ask.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/relined-chimney-stainless-liner-still-need-sweeping/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/relined-chimney-stainless-liner-still-need-sweeping/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A stainless liner changes what builds up in a flue, not if buildup happens, so a relined chimney still runs on a yearly cleaning and inspection schedule.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/panned-joist-return-older-somerville-house/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/panned-joist-return-older-somerville-house/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A panned joist return closes a floor joist bay with sheet metal and uses it as return duct. Here is what that means for air quality and repair.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/franklin-condo-closet-air-handler-duct-cleaning/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/franklin-condo-closet-air-handler-duct-cleaning/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Franklin condo with a closet air handler calls for a shorter, closer duct cleaning visit than a basement furnace. Here is how the visit runs.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/fiberglass-duct-board-1980s-hillsborough-franklin/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/fiberglass-duct-board-1980s-hillsborough-franklin/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hillsborough and Franklin houses built in the 1980s often carry fiberglass duct board trunks, and dry board cleans differently than wet or moldy board.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/clean-air-ducts-before-selling-older-somerville-house/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/clean-air-ducts-before-selling-older-somerville-house/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Before listing an older Somerville house, know what a buyer's inspector opens, and decide if duct cleaning or repair helps the sale most.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/cleaning-factory-built-metal-fireplace-flue-montgomery-hillsborough/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/cleaning-factory-built-metal-fireplace-flue-montgomery-hillsborough/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000How a sweep brushes a factory-built metal flue without scoring it, what creosote looks like in metal pipe, and what gets checked at the top of the chase.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/two-family-house-dryer-vents-ducts-manville-raritan/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/two-family-house-dryer-vents-ducts-manville-raritan/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Two furnaces, two dryer runs and a tenant upstairs: what owners of two-family houses in Manville, Raritan and Somerville should check, and how often.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/installing-ductwork-historic-homes-millstone-rocky-hill/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/installing-ductwork-historic-homes-millstone-rocky-hill/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000How ductwork gets into an eighteenth or nineteenth century house in Millstone, Rocky Hill or Somerville without cutting plaster, and what districts review.https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/furnace-replacement-duct-repair-hillsborough-montgomery/https://amgductcleaningsomerville.com/blog/furnace-replacement-duct-repair-hillsborough-montgomery/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Before new heating and cooling equipment goes into a 1980s or 1990s Hillsborough, Montgomery or Branchburg house, check the returns, joints and attic runs.