
Riverside, CA California 92503
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We offer a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum tube into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly 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 then peel back a little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give quick as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really hefty, it restricts the air flow through 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 dangerous for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up triggers reduced airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most reliable way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to prevent residue from developing.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more frequently. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.