
Mount Pleasant, SC South Carolina 29464
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected as well as swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, 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 after that peel back a little portion of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our expert chimney experts offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, in some cases requiring 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 really hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of yearly in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.