
Peachtree City, GA Georgia 30269
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly brushing all the surfaces. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will then peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be 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 becomes extremely hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates lessened air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most reliable way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to prevent residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they must be swept more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.