
Brandon, WI Wisconsin 53919
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. 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 get rid of any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked as well as swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the room, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly cleaning all the surfaces. 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 area of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer fast and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, 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 comes to be extremely hot. Hard creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers lessened air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most effective method to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to keep soot from accumulating.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create more residue and creosote, they must be swept more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.