Rex, GA Georgia 30273
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously brushing 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 also cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of annually in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.