
Oceanside, NY New York 11572
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a thorough chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined as well as swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective 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 service technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap 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. Generally they will start on top of the smokeshaft 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 small portion of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material 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 accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes diminished airflow and this can enable 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 bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce more residue and creosote, they must be swept a lot more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.