
New Glarus, WI Wisconsin 53574
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked as well as swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner tube into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Usually they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously 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 small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our expert chimney experts supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote build up creates diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas 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 poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best as well as most reliable means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your house. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least once a year in order to prevent fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they ought to be swept a lot more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.