
Englewood, CO Colorado 80112
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We offer a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We proudly offer rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and also swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, very 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 small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When 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 quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates diminished air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide 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 cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney as well as your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and various other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they must be swept more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.