
Windsor, WI Wisconsin 53598
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to help! We provide 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 comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually not effective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, and fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fireplace, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide rapid as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is harder to remove, sometimes needing 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 becomes really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it puts your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers lessened airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common 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 degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best as well as most effective way to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and your home. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least once a year in order to protect against fires and harmful build up.
Just how often a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fire places and stoves produce even more soot and creosote, they should be swept more regularly. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.