
Brunswick, GA Georgia 31525
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and 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 protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe right into the fire place, and will then 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 residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously brushing all the surfaces. 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 as well as cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide rapid and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, sometimes requiring 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 comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates lessened airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best as well as most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more often. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.