
Lindsay, CA California 93247
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and also fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined as well as swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Typically they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, carefully 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 then peel back a little portion of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts offer a full range of services including sweeping. We offer fast as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes requiring 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 comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best as well as most effective way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to prevent soot from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.