Camden, SC South Carolina 29020
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Typically they will begin on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully brushing 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 tiny area of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide quick as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers reduced air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best and most reliable method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep residue from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.