
Slinger, WI Wisconsin 53086
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and ready to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept once-a-year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner pipe into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll connect extension pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, thoroughly cleaning all the surface areas. 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 portion 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 and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide quick and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, occasionally needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and even more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers diminished air movement and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most effective method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least once a year in order to avoid fires and toxic build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places ought to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept a lot more regularly. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.