
Rockport, TX Texas 78382
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked as well as swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 after that peel back a tiny area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney specialists supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer quick and reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, 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. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates diminished air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most reliable means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least yearly in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to get into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they must be swept much more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.