
Fenwick, WV West Virginia 26202
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a extensive chimney cleaning to get rid of any deposits, soot, creosote, and blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney checked and also swept once-a-year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will execute a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and also are not advised. They will not get all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the area, floor, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner 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 sits outdoors. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, carefully brushing all the surface areas. 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 tiny portion of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The plastic sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide rapid as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy build up which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to eliminate, occasionally 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it limits the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and also most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney and your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how often a chimney must be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and also what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be checked on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other problems can develop which can permit carbon monoxide gas to enter into the house.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned yearly to keep residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.