
Honey Brook, PA Pennsylvania 19344
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our main priority. We proudly offer fast response times and the best quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum hose into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Usually they will begin at the top of the chimney 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 little area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, occasionally needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of annually in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.