
Maywood, CA California 90270
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a full 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 do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked as well as swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the room, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully brushing all the surfaces. 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 vinyl 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 moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer quick and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, 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. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best as well as most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of annually in order to avoid fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.