
Barneveld, WI Wisconsin 53507
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined and also swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective 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 service technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum tube into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully cleaning 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 little portion of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We provide rapid and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best as well as most reliable method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least annually in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they must be swept more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.