
South Haven, MI Michigan 49090
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start on 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 after that peel back a small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, sometimes needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best as well as most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least yearly in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.