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A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and also swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully brushing 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 tiny area of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
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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 initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, in some cases needing 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes reduced airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide to develop inside your house 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 build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best as well as most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they should be swept a lot more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.