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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective 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 service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe 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 outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin on top of the smokeshaft 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 then peel back a little portion of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts provide a full range 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 build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even 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 begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they should be swept more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.