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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions 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 inspected as well as swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start at the top of the smokeshaft 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 tiny portion of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially 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 requiring 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. Hard creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the air flow via 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 harmful for your health, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least yearly in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.