
Bountiful, UT Utah 84010
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will do 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 accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an industrial vacuum hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically 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 little portion of the plastic sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We give fast and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally 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 really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to develop 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 also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Exactly how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can permit carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from developing.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they should be swept a lot more regularly. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.