
Benson, NC North Carolina 27504
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly offer fast response times and high quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires every 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 perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum tube right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 tiny portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates reduced airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and also most reliable means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be inspected yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they ought to 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.