
Branchland, WV West Virginia 25506
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We provide a full 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 deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and also fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined and swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are actually ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fireplace. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start 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 after that peel back a small area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, occasionally 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be very hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe thing about creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.