
Lewisburg, PA Pennsylvania 17837
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready 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 detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and also fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly brushing all the surfaces. 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 small portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, occasionally 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective means to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.