
Hartsville, SC South Carolina 29550
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected as well as swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum hose into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously 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 tiny portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide rapid as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow 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 wellness, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best as well as most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least once a year in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
Just how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.