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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined as well as swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously cleaning 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 small area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
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Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers lessened air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and also most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more often. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.