
Oak Park, CA California 91377
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and 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 technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe right 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 outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin on 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 then peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We give quick and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, 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 really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep soot from developing.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.