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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases needing 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 very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up 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 also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and also most effective means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.