
Mendota, CA California 93640
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We proudly offer great response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will perform 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 start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 little portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast as well as reputable 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 at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder 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 extremely hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your home in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop 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 bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is extremely 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 promptly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least annually in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to get into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more often. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.