
Thomaston, GA Georgia 30286
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We proudly provide rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a extensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked as well as swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner tube into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin on 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 then peel back a small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full range of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and also reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and most effective means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and various other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from developing.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.