
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ New Jersey 07604
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We proudly offer great response times and high quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum hose right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully brushing 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 little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give fast as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates lessened airflow and this can allow 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 cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.