
White Lake, WI Wisconsin 54491
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a wide 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 detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and also swept yearly in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheets, inserting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Normally they will begin at the top of the chimney 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 tiny area of the plastic sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide quick and also reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to remove, 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air movement and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most harmful aspect of creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can rapidly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and also most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least yearly in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to keep residue from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves produce more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.