
Kingston, MA Massachusetts 02364
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our #1 priority. We happily provide fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, 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 examined and swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an commercial vacuum hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully cleaning all the surface areas. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will after that peel back a little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give fast as well as reputable 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 builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, occasionally needing 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 becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide 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 result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and most effective means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places ought to be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to prevent residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.