West Islip, NY New York 11795
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked as well as swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off 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 catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the 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 after that peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes decreased air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop 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 cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best as well as most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep residue from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more often. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.