
Green Sulphur Springs, WV West Virginia 25966
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and ready to help! We offer a full range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a ring 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 type of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries and fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept once a year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will perform a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly ineffective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will protect the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, placing an industrial vacuum hose pipe right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Generally they will start on top of the smokeshaft and work downward, carefully cleaning 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 little area of the plastic sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We provide fast as well as dependable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, 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 extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air flow via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even quicker.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of different ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your residence in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes reduced air flow and this can enable carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, respiratory problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is extremely flammable. It's the most usual cause 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 most reliable way to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least yearly in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of exactly how often you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to prevent residue from accumulating.
Because wood burning fire places and stoves create even more residue and creosote, they need to be swept more regularly. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.