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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an industrial vacuum hose into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously 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 then peel back a tiny area of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give fast and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept much more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.