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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires annually. 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 carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. 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 room, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hose 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 clean the whole 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, thoroughly 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 tiny portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
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Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to remove, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best as well as most effective method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to prevent residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.