
Whitewater, WI Wisconsin 53190
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to help! We provide a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a detailed chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected as well as swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning professional will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum pipe right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start at the top of the smokeshaft 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 after that peel back a small area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, in some cases requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it restricts the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates decreased air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at the very least once a year in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to keep residue from building up.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they must be swept more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.