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A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and also swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material 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 much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes requiring 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. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most reliable way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.