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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and also swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum pipe into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously cleaning 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 little 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 moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our expert chimney experts supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide rapid and reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as 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 different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best as well as most effective method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney as well as your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.