
North Highlands, CA California 95660
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected as well as swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum tube right into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 small area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your house in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least yearly in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to prevent soot from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they should be swept much more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.