
Warner Robins, GA Georgia 31088
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and also swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum hose into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start on top of the smokeshaft 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 then peel back a tiny area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, in some cases 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates lessened air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best as well as most effective method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least once a year in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be inspected yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned yearly to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.