
Center Point, WV West Virginia 26339
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney examined and also swept each year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also 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 specialist will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, floor, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an commercial vacuum cleaner tube right into the fire place, and will after that tape and also seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin on 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 little area of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a full range of services including sweeping. We offer quick and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, occasionally 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 extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is very hefty, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation triggers diminished air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer causing).
The most dangerous feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and also most reliable method to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your house. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How often a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places ought to be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and various other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned annually to keep residue from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves develop more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more regularly. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.