
Webster Springs, WV West Virginia 26288
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared 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 comprehensive chimney cleaning to eliminate any type of deposits, residue, creosote, and also obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires each year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney examined and also swept annually in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a complete cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are truly not effective and 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 technician will protect the inside of your house by spreading out tarps over the room, flooring, as well as hearth. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, putting an industrial vacuum tube into the fire place, and will then tape and seal the fire place. They'll connect extension tubes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will trap the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next off, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, as well as brushes with extension poles. Usually they will begin at the top of the chimney and work downward, very 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 after that peel back a little portion of the vinyl sheeting and use a range of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed and also cleaned up. The plastic sheet and tarps will be moved outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney specialists offer a complete variety of services including sweeping. We offer quick as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like compound which forms from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy build up which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is more difficult to get rid of, sometimes needing 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 becomes extremely hot. Solidified creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. Once the build up of creosote is extremely heavy, it restricts the air movement through the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is unsafe in a number of different ways. It's toxic and harmful for your health, and it places your house in danger of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates diminished airflow and this can allow carbon monoxide to build up inside your house while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless as well as colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also result in death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas build up, creosote itself is poisonous. It might trigger inflamed skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is unbelievably flammable. It's the most typical source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to stand up to a high level of heat, the intensity of a chimney fire can promptly exceed this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and also most effective means to remove creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take excellent care of your chimney and also your home. We recommend that you get your chimney cleaned and checked at least once a year in order to protect against fires and hazardous build up.
How frequently a chimney must be cleaned depends of just how often you use it as well as what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces should be checked yearly. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, cracks and other concerns can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter into the home.
Oil burning flues need to be cleaned annually to prevent residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves develop even more soot and creosote, they must be swept a lot more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.