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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined as well as swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously brushing 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 plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins 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 get rid of, sometimes needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and most reliable method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of yearly in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to keep residue from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more often. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.