
Warminster, PA Pennsylvania 18974
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as 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 once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Typically they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully brushing 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 vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being 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 solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most effective means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least yearly in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
Just 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 fireplaces should be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.