
Fort Bragg, NC North Carolina 28307
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly brushing all the surfaces. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will after that peel back a tiny portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts offer a full range of services including sweeping. We provide rapid and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, occasionally needing 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 comes to be extremely hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up causes lessened air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most usual 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 exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.