
Northborough, MA Massachusetts 01532
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined as well as swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum hose into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully 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 portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases 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. Hard creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most typical 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 exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least annually in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.