
Rock Hill, SC South Carolina 29732
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined and also swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and also are not advised. 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 out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully 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 area of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts offer a full range of services including sweeping. We give fast and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the air flow through 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 dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most common 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 executed is the best and most reliable means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least once a year in order to avoid fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to get into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep soot from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more often. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.