
Saint Michael, MN Minnesota 55376
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. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked as well as swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously cleaning 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 little portion of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full range of services including sweeping. We give fast and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases 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 comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes decreased air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best as well as most effective method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to keep residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept much more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.