East Providence, RI Rhode Island 02914
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly provide rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 then peel back a small area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We give fast as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, sometimes 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 comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates lessened air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and also most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least once a year in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Just how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.