
Collierville, TN Tennessee 38017
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected as well as swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, 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 little area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide quick and dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to keep soot from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they must be swept more frequently. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.