
Morehead City, NC North Carolina 28557
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked as well as swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very 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 after that peel back a tiny portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We provide fast and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical cause 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 very best and also most reliable method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
How often a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more frequently. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.