
Ponca City, OK Oklahoma 74601
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and also swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 after that peel back a tiny area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give fast and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your house in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and also most reliable method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be examined annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.