
Palm Desert, CA California 92260
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked and swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully 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 after that peel back a tiny portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, occasionally requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even 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. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best as well as most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of yearly in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more frequently. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.