
Peytona, WV West Virginia 25154
When you need your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to assist! We offer a full 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 comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires annually. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney checked and also swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and are not recommended. They will not get all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning service technician will protect the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the area, flooring, and hearth. They will cover the fireplace with vinyl sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll attach extension hoses and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next off, they will clean the entire chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Typically they will begin at the top of the smokeshaft 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 then peel back a small portion of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleaned off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer quick and reliable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which develops from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, downy accumulation which in the beginning can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to get rid of, in some cases needing the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and 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 as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is extremely hefty, it limits the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is unsafe in a couple of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health and wellness, and it puts your home in jeopardy of fires.
Creosote build up creates decreased air flow and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It could trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer creating).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is incredibly flammable. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can swiftly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and most reliable method to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take fantastic care of your chimney as well as your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and examined at least annually in order to avoid fires and poisonous build up.
How often a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces must be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and various other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned annually to prevent soot from accumulating.
Due to the fact that wood burning fire places and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A good rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.