
Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi 39401
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected as well as swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and also 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 professional will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start on top of the chimney 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 small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer fast as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, occasionally requiring 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers lessened air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best as well as most effective way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great 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 protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to prevent soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.