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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined as well as swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum hose right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 then peel back a tiny area of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We offer quick as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, sometimes requiring 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. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers lessened air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best as well as most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to prevent soot from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.