
Temple City, CA California 91780
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and also swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and 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 portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create more soot and creosote, they need to be swept much more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.