
Saint Joseph, WI Wisconsin 54082
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked as well as swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. 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 soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly cleaning 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 vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, sometimes needing 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 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 through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up causes reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to build up 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 even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the home.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to prevent residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.