Having a fireplace is a fine way to spend a chilly winter’s evening with your family or friends. With having a fireplace, though, comes a certain level of responsibility for the condition of the chimney. In order to ensure the utmost in safety, you need to contract the services of a company that specializes in the care and maintenance of chimneys in Suffolk County.
Not having your chimney properly maintained can result in serious consequences for you and your home. While some of these consequences can be quite minor, such as not allowing the fire to even start, others, such as a fire in your chimney, can be serious, and even deadly. Having your chimney maintained is not something that is recommended to be completed by the typical homeowner, though.
Not only is accessing the chimney difficult, but the right equipment to perform the proper maintenance is also not likely to be in your garage. Unless you have been specially trained to perform this maintenance, such as cleaning your chimney, you might not remove all the remnants of your previous fires. This can result in a continued buildup of soot. This buildup is the number one reason why fires occur in chimneys.
Cleaning a chimney is a dirty job, especially for those people who are not well versed in the proper methods in which to do so. With the more modern methods that are available today, it is possible for professional chimney cleaners to accomplish this task and make almost no mess at all. In addition, due to their professional training, a company such as Ageless Chimney Inc is able to determine if a liner is needed for your chimney.
A chimney liner is a necessity for those chimneys that are built of bricks and mortar after 1920. Having a liner installed will help reduce the likelihood of the bricks and mortar decaying. At the same time you are having the liner installed, you can also have a cap installed. Having the cap placed on top of your chimney will prevent squirrels, birds and other animals from making their home inside your chimney.
