
Agoura Hills, CA California 91301
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and also swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes 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.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously cleaning all the surface areas. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will after that peel back a small area of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We give fast and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least yearly in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.