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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an commercial vacuum hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly brushing 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 tiny area of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
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Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, sometimes 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and also most reliable method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of yearly in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they should be swept more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.