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A chimney sweep will certainly do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Usually they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly 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 small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best as well as most reliable means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and also your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more frequently. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.