
Stone Mountain, GA Georgia 30083
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined as well as swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 after that peel back a little area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least annually in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept much more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.