
Sias, WV West Virginia 25563
When you require your chimney swept, we are available and prepared to help! We offer a wide 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 complete chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, as well as blockages from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries and also fires yearly. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined 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 not effective and are not recommended. They will not remove all the soot and creosote build-up out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the space, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheets, inserting an commercial vacuum cleaner hose into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the commercial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which rests outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Usually they will start at the top of the chimney and work downward, thoroughly 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 area of the vinyl sheet and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and cleaned. The vinyl sheeting and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid and dependable service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, feathery accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fireplace or wood stove, the smoke becomes extremely hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip and also melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it restricts the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a number of different ways. It's toxic and unsafe for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote build up triggers lessened airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide to accumulate inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can cause flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is poisonous. It can trigger inflamed skin and eyes, respiratory system troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous feature of creosote is that it is extremely 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 rapidly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep carried out is the best and most reliable way to remove creosote. Our qualified chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney and your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and examined a minimum of once a year in order to avoid fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney should be cleaned depends of how often you use it and what materials you burn within. Gas burning fireplaces ought to be checked annually. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, particles, fractures and various other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide gas to enter the house.
Oil burning flues ought to be cleaned annually to keep residue from building up.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more regularly. A good guideline is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.