
Winter Garden, FL Florida 34787
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked as well as swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum tube into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin on top of the chimney 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 little area of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts supply a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give fast 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, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up triggers decreased air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your residence 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 gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep soot from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they need 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.