
Englewood, CO Colorado 80112
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 assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked as well as swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out 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 begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, putting an commercial vacuum pipe right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly cleaning 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 tiny portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation 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 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 becomes really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up creates diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. 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 rapidly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep soot from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.