
Miami, FL Florida 33186
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly offer rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly cleaning 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 small area of the vinyl 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 off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide fast and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, in some cases 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 extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to accumulate 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 even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more frequently. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.