
Speedway, IN Indiana 46224
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared 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 extensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined as well as swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. 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 small area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer quick and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.