
Kiel, WI Wisconsin 53042
When you require your chimney swept, we are here 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 thorough chimney cleaning to get rid of any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept each year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer quick and also 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 at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, in some cases 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of once a year in order to prevent fires and toxic build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be inspected annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to keep soot from accumulating.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.