
Lawrence, KS Kansas 66044
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and ready 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 do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked and also swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly cleaning 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 plastic sheeting 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 and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, occasionally requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep residue from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more residue and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.