
Flowery Branch, GA Georgia 30542
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 small portion of the plastic sheet 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, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We give quick and also reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material 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 more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, sometimes needing 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. Solidified creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your home 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 gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept much more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.