
Suffern, NY New York 10901
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully cleaning all the surfaces. 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 small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally requiring 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers lessened air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and also most effective way to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how often a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept much more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.