
Bountiful, UT Utah 84010
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create 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 also swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. 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 off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Typically they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 small portion of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it puts your home in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept much more frequently. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.