
Marrero, LA Louisiana 70072
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and fires each 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 are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, 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 little area of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer fast as well as reputable 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 initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up triggers diminished air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and most effective way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least annually in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept more frequently. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.