
Oldsmar, FL Florida 34677
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just 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 obstructed chimneys create injuries and fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and also swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously 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 small area of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give fast and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes 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 comes to be really hot. Hard creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most reliable means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least yearly in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.