
Syracuse, UT Utah 84075
When you require 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 call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined and swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum tube into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully 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 portion of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally requiring 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. When 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 dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide 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 cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and also your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep soot from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they must be swept a lot more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.