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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined as well as swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really 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 start, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum pipe into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 portion of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide fast and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult 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 becomes extremely hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe feature 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 degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least annually in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.