
San Angelo, TX Texas 76904
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer happiness is our #1 priority. We happily provide rapid response times and top quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Generally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully brushing 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 also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally 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 becomes extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up triggers lessened airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your home 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 accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the very best and also most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Exactly how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create more soot and creosote, they must be swept more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.