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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined as well as swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 little area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer fast as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops 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 harder to eliminate, in some cases needing 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they need to be swept more often. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.