Hambleton, WV West Virginia 26269
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A chimney sweep will do a thorough chimney cleaning to eliminate any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause injuries and fires annually. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and also swept every year in order to protect against 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 service technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading out tarps over the area, floor, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheeting, placing an commercial vacuum cleaner pipe right into the fire place, and will after that tape and seal off the fire place. They'll connect extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later.
Next, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin at the 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 then 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 up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete range of services including sweeping. We offer quick and reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates much more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to eliminate, in some cases requiring 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 really hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and also melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air flow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health, and it places your residence in danger of fires.
Creosote build up triggers reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could cause inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the very best and also most effective way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney and also your residence. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at the very least once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fire places should be examined on a yearly basis. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, debris, fractures and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned once a year to keep soot from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they should be swept much more often. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.