
Shingle Springs, CA California 95682
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We proudly provide fast response times and the best quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum hose right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material 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 more difficult to remove, occasionally needing 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 becomes very hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates diminished airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep residue from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they must be swept more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.