
Grovetown, GA Georgia 30813
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very 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 small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide quick and dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to remove, in some cases 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas 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 cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of yearly in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
Just how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to keep soot from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.