
Columbus, NE Nebraska 68601
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. 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 get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner 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 whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer fast and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air flow through 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 dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up triggers lessened air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best as well as most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they must be swept more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.