
Wesley Chapel, FL Florida 33544
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup 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, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension hose 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 dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin 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 after that peel back a tiny area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer fast and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates lessened air flow and this can enable 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 cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to keep soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.