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A chimney sweep will certainly do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, meticulously 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 tiny portion of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
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Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best as well as most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.