
Maysel, WV West Virginia 25133
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and ready to assist! We offer a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Simply give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
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A chimney sweep will do a complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires yearly. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney inspected and swept every year in order to protect against fires.
A chimney service expert will carry out a total cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and also hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose into the fire place, and will then tape and also seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension rods. Normally they will start on top of the smokeshaft 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 tiny area of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be moved outside, cleaned and put away.
Our professional chimney experts provide a full variety of services including sweeping. We provide rapid and reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it builds up 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 hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. As soon as the build up of creosote is really hefty, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is dangerous in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation causes lessened airflow and this can enable carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most harmful thing about creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to hold up against a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can rapidly exceed this level.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective method to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take wonderful care of your chimney as well as your house. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of annually in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
Just how frequently a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of exactly how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be inspected every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, cracks and other concerns can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned once a year to prevent residue from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop more residue and creosote, they should be swept more often. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.