
Palm Coast, FL Florida 32164
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and also swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum tube right into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start on top of the smokeshaft 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 plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, occasionally requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your home in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up 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 cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and most reliable way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least yearly in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep soot from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they should be swept a lot more often. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.