
Byron Center, MI Michigan 49315
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide 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 main priority. We proudly offer fast response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a extensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very 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 small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We offer quick and also 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 at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, in some cases 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 really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers diminished air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and most reliable way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to keep soot from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.