
Port Jefferson Station, NY New York 11776
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked and also swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial 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 poles. Typically they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully 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 portion of the vinyl sheeting 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 expert chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, 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 becomes extremely hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they should be swept more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.