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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and also swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fireplace. 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.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully 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 after that peel back a little area of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts supply a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it comes to be 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 solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. 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 promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least annually in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.