Westbrook, ME Maine 04092
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and also swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 tiny portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We offer fast and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery 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 requiring 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up 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 also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create more residue and creosote, they must be swept a lot more regularly. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.