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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked as well as swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses 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 whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously 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 after that peel back a small area of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, sometimes 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best as well as most effective way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Just how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to prevent residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.