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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start at the top of the chimney 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 little area of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up 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 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. Hard creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of yearly in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
Exactly how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they should be swept a lot more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.