
Glenhayes, WV West Virginia 25519
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to help! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can assist with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, soot, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys create injuries and fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney inspected as well as swept annually in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service specialist will execute a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly 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 begin, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension rods. Generally they will begin at the 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 then peel back a little area of the plastic sheeting 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, cleaned and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists supply a complete variety of services including sweeping. We provide fast and also reputable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke comes to be extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health and wellness, and it places your house in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up triggers diminished air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide gas to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is toxic. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most hazardous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly combustible. It's the most usual source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the very best and also most effective means to get rid of creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and also your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
Just how frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it as well as what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places must be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep soot from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce more residue and creosote, they should be swept much more frequently. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.