
Benton, WI Wisconsin 53803
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We provide a full 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 do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined as well as swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum tube into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 after that peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We offer fast and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes 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 solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it restricts the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most harmful 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 strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best as well as most reliable method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.