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Water Test Humane Animal Removal from Chimneys
Raccoons can easily climb in and out of chimneys and like to
live and raise their young on the smoke shelf of a fireplace
where it is dark and warm. It is dangerous to have animals
living inside the chimney, they can catch on fire, enter
your home, or both. Raccoons need to be removed from
chimneys as quickly as possible, the longer they stay the
more comfortable they become and their will to stay grows.
Raccoons and chimney swifts will both return to the same
chimney they have inhabitant. At
the time of removal, our chimney sweeps can install a chimney cap or similar
animal guard to prevent the problem from reoccuring. Chimney Powerwashing
Being completely exposed to all of the elements, your
chimney collects lots of dirt. That compiled with the smoke
emissions from your flues, the chimney itself becomes very
dirty. Chim-Scan Video System
An accurate and valuable service for homeowners, insurance adjustors and home and/or fire inspectors Chim-Scan® equipment allows operator to do Level II inspections when required by National Fire Protect Agency (NFPA) 211 codes 2000 and / or 2003 editions Homeowners rely on video inspection of chimney with Chim-Scan® for assurance and efficiency No homeowner should assume
his chimney can be used
While viewing the monitor screen from the hearth, homeowners see the condition of their fireplaces and chimney. The scan operator can point out vital information about the chimney interior condition. In gas application chimney, early detection of condensates can help prevent additional costly home repairs. Every homeowner needs accurate information about his or her chimney’s condition. In the past, the examination of the chimney interior involved either an ineffective flashlight and mirror or the expensive disassembly of part of the chimney to see problem areas. Now with the Chim-Scan® video inspection of your chimney’s interior in a non destructive way. Our chimney sweeps will be able to show you these precarious conditions, if they exist:
Insurance adjustors and home fire inspectors and realtors depends on video inspection for accurate and documentable information
A chimney interior video inspection with Chim-Scan® offers homeowners and fire inspectors accurate and documentatable information Accurate information is important for making decisions about a chimney. National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 211 codes – 2000 and /or 2003 editions require companies to do level II inspections when a home is sold or new heating application are being installed. Chim-Scan® equipment allows the our chimney sweeps to do Level II inspections and document the findings. IF you are a home-owner having your chimney swept ask for a video inspection. Seeing the interior of your chimney will give you added peace of mind and a general knowledge of your chimney system. So ask for it by name, “I want a Chim-Scan® don’t on my chimney!” If you are fire inspector or insurance adjustor, your evaluations should be based on accurate and document-able information. Take the guesswork out of a chimney evaluation by hiring a Chimney Cricket chimney sweep with the. Chim-Scan video evaluation system. Schedule an Appointment for a Chim-Scan Inspection with Chimney Cricket Fireplace Operation Tip Be Smart Before Using Your Fireplace Detroit News, December 4, 2006 By Bill Spencer / WXYZ Channel 7 Action News With Christmas and the holidays right around the corner, now is the time millions of Americans begin the centuries-old ritual of snuggling in front of the family fireplace to bask in the warmth of, and enjoy the smell of, burning wood. And because of rising energy prices, the popularity of wood-burning fireplaces has sky-rocketed over the past three years. But before you light that first cozy fire of the season, you need to take a few preventative steps to protect you and your family from the devastation of a chimney fire. Chimney fires can burn explosively at temperatures of 2,000 degrees or more. Heat that can melt mortar, crack tiles inside the chimney and burn your home to the ground. Chimney fires are caused by the build up of creosote, a highly combustible, tar-like substance created by the wood you burn that sticks to the inner walls of the fireplace. The solution to this problem is two-fold: burning the right kind of wood and routinely having your fireplace cleaned by a CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep. Step 1: Hiring a chimney sweep This is something a lot of people just plain forget about. But you should have your chimney swept out once a year, before you light the first fire of the season. The best months for this are typically September and October. Step 2: Burning the right kind of wood According to Kevin Law with Four Seasons Cooling and Heating in Howell, "Too many people are completely reckless with their fireplaces. They will grab a few huge pieces of wood they cut a few weeks ago, throw them into the fireplace and just let it rip. What they are doing is burning really, green wood (wet wood, that hasn't dried) and in the process coating their chimney with tremendous amounts of creosote." Law says: "You should always burn wood that has been cut and split (too help it dry) and has been sitting for at least two years, at least two years, hopefully more." This is what the experts call "Seasoned Wood," and burning it is the best thing you can do to reduce the amount of creosote inside your fireplace. Another way to protect yourself from chimney fires is to burn smaller, hotter fires in your fireplace that produce less smoke. One more thing to consider when building your fire is to always burn hardwoods rather than softwoods. The best woods to burn are: oak, hickory, maple, cherry. Woods to avoid are: pine and poplar. As you sit down in front of that first roaring fire of the winter season, it's hard to imagine that beautiful, warm fire ever doing you and your family any harm -- and it won't, if you take just a few wise precautions right now. As a consumer reporter, I remember too many holiday seasons, when I've been called out to the site of a huge house fire, where there is nothing left but charred wood and ashes, and the cause of it all turns out to be a chimney fire. Schedule an Appointment with our Chimney Sweeps Chimney Cricket - chimney sweeps, chimney inspection, chimney cleaning since 1990.
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without
a through examination, both exterior and interior. Rain,
flue gases and freezing moisture cause erosion and
deterioration in chimney. Breaks in the chimney liner-even
small ones-can be a risky condition by allowing combustion
gases and condensation into the home.
The
increased use of fireplaces and wood hear has resulted in an
increase in chimney fires. When conducting a sudden
occurrence investigation, a Chim-Scan®
video inspection service can give you the reliable
information you need. An examination soon after the mishap,
can determine the cause of damage: whitened mortar joints,
blaze marks, missing mortar, cracks and discoloration in
liners and buckling of steel liners are indications of
sudden occurrence chimney damage.
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and/or digital photographs which can be e-mailed.