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A chimney sweep will certainly do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service specialist will perform a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also 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 out tarps over the space, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fire place with plastic sheeting, inserting an industrial vacuum tube into the fireplace, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Typically they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, 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 then peel back a tiny area of the vinyl sheeting and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full range of services including sweeping. We give quick and also reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up more, it ends up being tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, in some cases 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 extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the airflow via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes decreased air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide to develop 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 cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the very best as well as most reliable means to remove 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 checked at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
Exactly how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces should be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, cracks and other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned yearly to prevent residue from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they should be swept more often. A great guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.