
Norco, CA California 92860
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective 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 specialist will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, 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 little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer fast as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up 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 solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers lessened air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to prevent soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.