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Fireplaces &
Woodstoves
Chimneys are
designed to vent the hot smoke quickly to
avoid creosote buildup in your chimney.
·Cool· smoke, or smoke not
vented quickly enough, will leave creosote
deposits on the walls of your chimney. This
buildup must be swept away periodically
in order to maintain safe burning conditions.
A chimney flue
installed to vent a fireplace is much larger
than that installed for a woodstove. When
a woodstove is installed into an oversized
flue, smoke does not exit as quickly and
therefore cools more rapidly - leaving excessive
creosote deposits on the tiles. This type
of setup has to be maintained annually at
the very least...
Those that have
been in the room when a chimney fire ignites
will never forget it - it sounds like a
jet is taking off in the next room. If you
are very lucky, only your chimney is destroyed.
In some cases, the entire home is destroyed
- in others, tragic loss of life.
"I
found John's company in the phone book.
He returned my call promptly and arrived
at the time of the appointment. He found
a problem with my chimney that I was unaware
of and corrected it. He is a down-to-earth
young man, who knows what he is doing. He
has ethics that are hard to find in this
day. He will be my "Chimney Service
For Life."" ~Patricia Audet, Hudson
NH
Furnace Appliances
Oil furnaces
leave a soot buildup on the walls of the
chimney. Old or new, this is unavoidable.
Also unavoidable is moisture in your chimney
- a by-product of burning. When soot mixes
with moisture, it forms sulfuric acid, which
will deteriorate the clay lining system.
To minimize moisture damage, learn how caps
keep water out.
 Newer
high efficiency furnaces create more condensation
than older models. When these are installed
into existing flues, the additional moisture
combines with the leftover residue, unfortunately
hastening the deterioration of your chimney
liner.
All told, these
factors, and many combinations thereof,
lead to flue deterioration · in either
a wood burning chimney system, or a heat
appliance chimney system. They include cracked
tiles, holes, and eventually total chimney
failure. You cannot see the mortar decay
or where the flue shifts, but cracks or
voids are being created in your system.
Often, entire sections break apart and fall
inside causing a blockage.
This scenario is very common in homes 15
or more years old. What then? Click here
to find out.
It is only a
matter of time before this deterioration
allows poisonous gasses to seep into your
home. Each year thousands of people become
ill and hundreds die from chimney failure
of one type or another. Prolonged carbon
monoxide poisoning will make you very sick
and can be fatal.
All this can
be avoided with proper chimney maintenance
by a professional chimney inspection from
Admiralty Chimney Service. To make your
life easier, make one phone call to us now
at 866-230-2098 and we will put you on a
yearly maintenance schedule.
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