
Ravenna, OH Ohio 44266
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up 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, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum hose pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully cleaning 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 plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer quick as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, occasionally needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and 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 hazardous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to prevent residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.