
Gulf Breeze, FL Florida 32563
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and also swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously brushing 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 tiny portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide rapid and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, occasionally needing 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 comes to be really hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it places your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to accumulate 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 even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best as well as most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least once a year in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they should be swept much more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.