
Hattiesburg, MS Mississippi 39401
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum 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, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start on 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 small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick 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, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, sometimes needing 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 becomes extremely hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best as well as most reliable method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and also your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to keep soot from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.