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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined as well as swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an commercial vacuum hose right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer fast and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases requiring 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 becomes really hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and also most effective way to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to get into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to prevent residue from developing.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they should be swept a lot more often. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.