
Canton, NC North Carolina 28716
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum hose right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully 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 tiny portion of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We give quick and reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, sometimes 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 very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they must be swept a lot more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.