Duct cleaning across Hopewell, from the furnace to the last register.
Hopewell's old village houses
Hopewell's homes are some of the oldest we clean: the typical house dates to the late 1930s, and about 65% are from before 1960. About a fifth still heat with oil, and forced-air oil furnaces often leave soot in the ducts.
What we see in Hopewell duct systems
Hopewell has a lot of older housing. The Census puts 65% of homes before 1960 and the median build year at 1938. In houses this age, it's common to find abandoned runs, crushed flex lines or returns that were closed off during a remodel.
Hopewell's heating picture, from the Census: utility gas heats about 72% of occupied homes and fuel oil about 20%. Oil heat with forced air tends to leave soot in the main chamber and trunk lines.
Around 31% of Hopewell's homes are townhouses or in multi-unit buildings, and the rest are mostly detached houses.
Lumber mills were set up in and around Hopewell to process timber cleared for farming.
Hopewell had 1,918 residents at the 2020 Census, and we serve homes across the borough.