Cedar Park, TX Texas 78613
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined as well as swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension hoses and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin on 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 after that peel back a tiny area of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We offer rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Hard creosote can start to drip as well as 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 unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced 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 colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best as well as most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they must be swept much more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.