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Boise Chimney
Inspections and Sweeps
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    • Creosote
    • Chimney Fires
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Chimney Fires

Every so often you'll hear about a chimney fire that burned down a house on the news.  Let us help you prevent this from happening.  Read below for more information about Chimney Fires.

The reasons you need an inspection and chimney sweep!

The following is according to the Chimney Safety Institute of America's website CSIA.org:


The Majority of Chimney Fires Go Undetected
​Slow-burning chimney fires don’t get enough air or have fuel to be dramatic or visible and they often go undetected until a later chimney inspection, but, the temperatures they reach are very high and can cause as much damage to the chimney structure – and nearby combustible parts of the house – as their more spectacular cousins.


Creosote & Chimney Fires: What You Must Know
Fireplaces and wood stoves are designed to safely contain wood-fuel fires, while providing heat for a home. The chimneys that serve them have the job of expelling the by-products of combustion – the substances produced when wood burns. These include smoke, water vapor, gases, unburned wood particles, hydrocarbon, tar fog and assorted minerals. As these substances exit the fireplace or wood stove, and flow up into the relatively cooler chimney, condensation occurs. The resulting residue that sticks to the inner walls of the chimney is called creosote.  

Creosote is a black or brown residue that can be crusty and flaky…tar-like, drippy and sticky…or shiny and hardened. All forms are highly combustible. If it builds up in sufficient quantities – and the internal flue temperature is high enough – the result could be a chimney fire. 

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Keeping your chimney swept, and your flue and liner as clean as possible will help keep your home safe.   Let us be the ones to clean it for you to get you all ready for your next burn.  While it is very important to have a clean chimney/flue/liner, it is incredibly important to have a proper inspection done.  A clean chimney and an inspection done on a regular basis will give you more peace of mind the next time you start a fire in your home!

Interested in more?

Stop on over to the CSIA.org and the NFPA.org websites to learn so much more about Chimney fires and what you can do to prevent them.  Or you can give us a call if you need any more information, ideas, tips and pointers about maintaining and burning properly.  

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Chimney fire

This video is a video I captured while at the National Training Academy for my CSIA certification in Indianapolis.  What you are looking at is a typical clay flue tile that is normally inside of a chimney.  We did a mock chimney fire, and the flue tile shattered!  If this were to happen in a chimney, the home would no longer have protection from the intense heat and gases from the fire.  Be safe, have your chimney inspected annually!

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