
Glen Haven, WI Wisconsin 53810
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected as well as swept yearly in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the room, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the top of the chimney 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 tiny area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally 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. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the airflow via 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 unsafe for your health, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates diminished 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 and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most reliable method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves create more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.