
Fairless Hills, PA Pennsylvania 19030
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum pipe right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, 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 little portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer fast and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, occasionally needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your house in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates lessened air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most reliable method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to avoid fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.