
White Lake, MI Michigan 48386
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked as well as swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really 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 specialist will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an commercial vacuum hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously brushing all the surfaces. 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 area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes requiring 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. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and 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 various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up 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 even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most reliable method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they should be swept a lot more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.