
Conway, AR Arkansas 72034
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an commercial vacuum pipe right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly brushing all the surface areas. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will then peel back a small area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and also most reliable means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of yearly in order to avoid fires and toxic build up.
Exactly how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they must be swept more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.