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If you have noticed that your chimney fires are burning poorly or that it’s starting to smell like a campfire inside your house. you are in need of a chimney sweeping Glen Allen service. which means now is the perfect time to give Window Ninjas a call and schedule your spring cleaning for your chimney. The National Fire Protection Association recommends having your chimney swept and inspected on a yearly basis, even if you don’t use it for the entire year. but the weather gets cold in Glen Allen, so I’m sure you’ve been using it this winter. So when you’re ready to get on the schedule for your chimney sweeping needs, give us a call today at 804-256-3221 or visit our website at windowninjas.com.
That’s right, the National Fire Protection Association recommends the professionals performing your chimney sweeping Glen Allen Services every single year. Even if you didn’t really use your chimney that often this winter, it is still recommended that you have your chimney swept and inspected on a yearly basis. The National Fire Protection Association says “chimneys, fireplaces, and vents shall be inspected at least once a year for soundness, freedom from deposits, and correct clearances. cleaning, maintenance, and repairs shall be done if necessary.”
You may be wondering why it is so important to have your chimney sweeping Glen Allen service completed on a yearly basis. Well the fact of the matter is that the chimney safety Institute of America states that “one eighth of an inch of soot build up is considered to be enough fuel buildup to cause a chimney fire capable of damaging your chimney and possibly spreading to the home.” that doesn’t seem like a whole lot, after all it’s just 1/8 of an inch. but the reality is just that small amount of creosote buildup is enough to affect your chimney’s performance and safety.
Curio soaked is a byproduct from wood burning fireplaces. Creosote is made mostly up with tar which means that it is extremely flammable, and also means that it’s going to easily line itself on the inside of your chimney walls and your fireplace. That is why you need to leave your chimney sweeping services to the professionals. Our technicians have been extensively trained on all of our services including our chimney sweeping service. Not only are our technicians clearing all of the creosote from your chimney and fireplace, but they are also performing an inspection. Our team will clean and inspect your chimney from The Chimney Cap all the way down to the ash box, so we can let you know if anything needs to be repaired or replaced to keep your chimney in proper working order.
This one recent customer comes to mind. This particular customer had two Chimneys in their home. One of them was in pretty good condition and only had a little bit of creosote buildup that needed to be removed. The other was a thing of nightmares for our technicians. There were cracks, there was vegetation growing out of the top of the chimney, and there was also a ton of creosote build up. I am not even joking when I’m telling you that our technicians reported that they got five gallons of creosote removed from just that one chimney. if your chimney looks like that, you have a weighted way too long to get your chimney sweeping Glen Allen Services taking care of.
Now maybe it’s not even your fault that your chimney hasn’t been taken care of in a while. you may have just moved into your new home, or you may have thought because you haven’t been using your chimney for the last couple Winters that there’s no need to clean or inspect it. and that’s okay, we don’t expect you to know that your chimney needs to be inspected on a yearly basis whether it’s used or not. We also don’t expect you to know that the previous owner of your home hasn’t had the chimney swept in years. but that’s exactly why it’s important to check these things and call in the professionals to let us handle the cleaning and inspection services.
or chimney sweeping Services can be completed at any time of the year. you can have them completed now while it’s still winter time, if your chimney has really been acting up or your fires happen burning poorly. or maybe you notice that you have a ton of black oily residue on the inside of your chimney walls, which is going to be creosote. it’s perfectly fine to call in the professionals and have that taken care of immediately. or maybe you want to wait until after you’re done using your fireplace for the season, which is perfectly fine as well. Most of our customers have their Chimney swapped either in the late spring or the early fall, when they have either finished using their chimney for the season or are about to use it again. that is perfectly fine if you don’t have too much buildup already, you can totally wait until the springtime.
Now is a great time to call Window Ninjas and get your chimney sweeping Glen Allen service on the schedule, even if you’re looking to wait for the spring. When the warm temperatures finally hit, we have tons of customers calling in to get all of their residential exterior cleaning and maintenance services completed. So if you want to beat the crowd, give us a call today to get on the schedule. we can always move your appointment if something comes up, or you need to reschedule. We can even push it back further if you decide you want to wait a little bit longer because the temperature hasn’t really warmed up too much by the time your appointment was scheduled. All you have to do is give us a call today to get your appointment scheduled, whether that’s for next week or in april. you can reach us at 804-256-3221 or through our website at windowninjas.com.