
Cobb, WI Wisconsin 53526
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined as well as swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum hose pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft 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 after that peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a full range of services including sweeping. We offer rapid as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote solidifies.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hard creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as 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 quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to prevent soot from developing.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.