
Addison, TX Texas 75001
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Usually they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly 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 small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer rapid and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept more often. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.