
Milpitas, CA California 95035
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly brushing all the surfaces. 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 little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts 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 harder to eliminate, 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 comes to be really hot. Hard creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes reduced airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best as well as most reliable method 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 avoid fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more often. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.