
Dodge City, KS Kansas 67801
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer 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 certainly do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose right 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 sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, very 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 small portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give rapid and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, sometimes needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
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 accumulation triggers decreased air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop 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 even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best as well as most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least yearly in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to prevent residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more often. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.