Chimney Sweep , $275
Description
Using your fireplace regularly can quickly start to make your chimney dirty with soot, ash, and other small particles from the fires, and can mean your chimney often needs sweeping.
Unfortunately it’s not particularly easy to check whether your chimney needs sweeping. Your fireplace may look clean but your chimney may not be in the same condition. A dirty chimney can prevent harmful gases from leaving your home even cause chimney fires in the most serious of cases.
People Often ask us
“Does My Oil Furnace Vent Through My Chimney?”
Usually an oil furnace or oil boiler does vent through the chimney. The chimney flue that the oil furnace or oil boiler vents through is also usually the most neglected because most people do not even realize that their furnace or boiler vents through the chimney. This is a problem for many reasons:
The gasses produced by an oil furnace or boiler are actually extremely corrosive and can do severe damage to the chimney system and chimney structure from the inside out.
Oil furnaces and oil boilers produce carbon monoxide, so it very important to make sure that those gasses are staying very contained.
If you have not had your oil flue inspected recently, please give us a call. Oil burning appliances can do serious damage to chimneys and the problems that they cause will only get worse if not attended to.
Defective chimney liners that are venting oil appliances can cause significant masonry repairs as well as damage to other lining systems depending on how the chimney was originally constructed. Oil furnaces and oil boilers certainly do vent into a chimney flue more often than not, and it is extremely important to know the condition of those flues.
So to prevent the build-up of dirt, how often does your chimney need sweeping?
You should get your chimney inspected & cleaned at least once a year. If you regularly burn wood in stove fireplace, you should sweep your chimney every season.
Each fireplace and chimney is different and so it’s important to understand the signs that your chimney need cleaning, why a chimney needs sweeping, and the dangers that can arise from not sweeping your chimney.
7 Quick Signs Your Chimney Needs Cleaning
1) You can smell smoke in your home after a fire
2) Your fireplace surround is starting to turn black
3) Your fires aren’t burning as strongly and burning wood creates more smoke than usual
4) Strong smell coming from the fireplace
5) Soot is dropping down into the fireplace.
6) Animals are nesting in the chimney
7) Visible deposits of black particles within the chimney
If you’re seeing any of the above signs you should be giving us a call to have your chimney professionally cleaned ..
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