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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect 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.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Typically they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously 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 little portion of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as 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 accumulates much more, it ends up being 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 hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas 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 build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and most effective means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least once a year in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
Just how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to get into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep soot from developing.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they must be swept more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.