
Tiffin, OH Ohio 44883
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully 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 little portion of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We provide rapid as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, sometimes 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 really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.