
Solon Springs, WI Wisconsin 54873
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to remove any deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and also fires every year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will do a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum hose into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner 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 whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, carefully 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 little area of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give fast as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, occasionally 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 comes to be very hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very hefty, it restricts the air movement via 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 puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up causes decreased air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is incredibly 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 promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best as well as most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least once a year in order to avoid fires and harmful build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, cracks and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.