
Stratford, WI Wisconsin 54484
When you require your chimney swept, we are available 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 complete chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys create injuries and fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and also swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the space, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hose 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 dirt later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Generally they will start at the top of the smokeshaft and work downward, very 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 after that peel back a little portion of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our expert chimney experts provide a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide fast and trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, occasionally 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 becomes really hot. Solidified creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up causes diminished air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best as well as most reliable method to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places must be inspected yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they should 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.