
Janesville, WI Wisconsin 53545
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a full 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 thorough chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and also fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney examined as well as swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not advised. 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 home by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, putting an industrial vacuum tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will start at the top of the chimney 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 after that peel back a small portion of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney experts offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes 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 becomes really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers diminished air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least yearly in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce more residue and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.