
Sun Prairie, WI Wisconsin 53590
When you require your chimney swept, we are here 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 thorough chimney cleaning to get rid of any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Normally they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft 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 little area of the plastic sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts offer a full variety of services including sweeping. We offer fast as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes requiring 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 really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates reduced air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop 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 also bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best as well as most reliable means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to prevent fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they ought to be swept much more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.