
Chester, NY New York 10918
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly 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 area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, occasionally 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 comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers diminished air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most reliable means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more often. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.