
Lake Forest, CA California 92630
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and ready 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 comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and also swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully 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 after that peel back a small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates diminished air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and most effective method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to keep soot from accumulating.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.