
Union City, GA Georgia 30291
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly cleaning 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 plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide fast as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, sometimes needing 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. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your house in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house 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 build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is extremely 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 rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best as well as most reliable way to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of yearly in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to prevent residue from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.