
Stone Mountain, GA Georgia 30083
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum tube right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, carefully brushing 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 tiny area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer quick and reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, sometimes 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 becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and also most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of yearly in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more frequently. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.