
Van Tassell, WY Wyoming 82242
When you need your chimney swept, we are here and ready to assist! We provide 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 remove any type of deposits, soot, creosote, as well as obstructions from the chimney. Dirty, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys cause injuries and fires every year. If you use you fire place or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association suggests having your chimney checked and also swept once a year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service expert will do a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really not effective and also are not advised. They will not remove all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your home by spreading tarps over the space, flooring, and fireplace. They will cover the fire place with vinyl sheets, putting an commercial vacuum hose pipe into the fire place, and will then tape and seal off the fireplace. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outdoors. This will catch the fine soot, creosote, and other dust later.
Next, they will brush the whole chimney with hand held brushes, and brushes with extension poles. Normally they will start on top of the smokeshaft 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 then peel back a small portion of the plastic 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 relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our expert chimney specialists provide a complete variety of services including sweeping. We give rapid as well as reliable service.
Creosote is a brown, oily, tar-like substance which develops from burning wood or coal. It starts as a loose, downy accumulation which initially can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it becomes tar-like, and is harder to remove, 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 fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes very hot. Hardened creosote can start to drip and melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is really heavy, it limits the air movement via the chimney flue. The restricted air circulation causes creosote to build up even faster.
Creosote is harmful in a couple of various ways. It's toxic and dangerous for your health, and it puts your home at risk of fires.
Creosote accumulation creates lessened air flow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to accumulate inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can also lead to death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It might cause inflamed skin and eyes, breathing troubles, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most dangerous thing about creosote is that it is exceptionally flammable. It's the most typical cause of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high degree of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can swiftly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep done is the best and most reliable way to eliminate creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take great care of your chimney as well as your residence. We advise that you get your chimney cleaned and checked a minimum of yearly in order to prevent fires and harmful build up.
How often a chimney needs to be cleaned depends of how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fire places ought to be checked every year. Although they burn cleaner, dampness, debris, fractures and other issues can develop which can enable carbon monoxide to enter the house.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep residue from accumulating.
Since wood burning fireplaces and stoves create more residue and creosote, they need to be swept much more often. A great general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned within.