
Studio City, CA California 91604
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup 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, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Typically they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, 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 then peel back a tiny portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which develops 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 comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, occasionally needing 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 comes to be extremely hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your home in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best as well as most effective means to remove 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 examined at the very least annually in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
Just how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.