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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked as well as swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully 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 after that peel back a little area of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We give rapid and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes requiring 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 becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up causes lessened airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably 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 promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and also most reliable method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often 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 must be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept more regularly. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.