
Lynnwood, WA Washington 98036
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A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected as well as swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an commercial vacuum hose right into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start 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 then peel back a tiny portion of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete variety 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 starts as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, 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. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it places your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence 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 can cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and most reliable method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of annually in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they should be swept more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.