
East Troy, WI Wisconsin 53120
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. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Typically they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very carefully brushing 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 tiny portion of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl 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 give rapid and also dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, occasionally requiring 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 very hot. Hard creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.