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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and also swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously cleaning all the surfaces. 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 sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts offer a full range of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even 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. Once the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up triggers decreased air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate 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 also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and most reliable method to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
How frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.