
Sarah Ann, WV West Virginia 25644
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 comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, soot, creosote, and also blockages from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and obstructed chimneys cause 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 actually not effective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote accumulation out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To begin, a cleaning specialist will shield the inside of your residence by spreading out tarps over the area, flooring, and also fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, placing an industrial vacuum cleaner hose pipe into the fireplace, and will after that tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension pipes and run them to the commercial vacuum with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later on.
Next, they will clean the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension rods. Normally they will begin on top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly brushing 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 vinyl sheet 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, cleared off and tucked back into their vehicle.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a full range of services including sweeping. We provide fast as well as reputable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it builds up much 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 even more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke comes to be really hot. Hardened creosote can begin 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 circulation causes creosote to build up even quicker.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health and wellness, and it puts your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates reduced air movement and this can permit carbon monoxide to build up inside your residence while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can even bring about death.
Besides the carbon monoxide build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing problems, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most unsafe feature of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to withstand a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can promptly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep executed is the best and also most effective means to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney as well as your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected a minimum of once a year in order to protect against fires and poisonous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of how often you use it and also what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places should be examined yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and other problems can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to get into the house.
Oil burning flues must be cleaned once a year to prevent soot from developing.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves produce even more residue and creosote, they must be swept much more regularly. A great rule of thumb is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.