
Placerville, CA California 95667
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined as well as swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very 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 after that peel back a little area of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and 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 at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally 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 becomes really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up triggers diminished air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
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 hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and also most reliable means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to keep residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they must be swept more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.