
Bretz, WV West Virginia 26524
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our top priority. We proudly offer great response times and high quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected and also swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Typically they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, very carefully 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 sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We provide quick and reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, sometimes needing 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 fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your residence at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates lessened air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most unsafe aspect of creosote is that it is exceptionally combustible. It's the most usual cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most reliable means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your residence. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at least once a year in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places need to be inspected on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to prevent residue from building up.
Because wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more often. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.