
Syosset, NY New York 11791
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked as well as swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin on 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 portion of the vinyl sheet 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 off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material 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 builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also 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 build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers lessened air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of yearly in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places need to be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to get into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.