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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully 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 tiny area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, in some cases 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air movement through 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 harmful for your health, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up triggers diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and most reliable means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least once a year in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.