
Edmond, OK Oklahoma 73013
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected as well as swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin 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 small area of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists offer a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to keep residue from building up.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more regularly. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.