
West Palm Beach, FL Florida 33411
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our top priority. We proudly provide fast response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will perform 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 accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum hose pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, carefully 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 little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best as well as most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.