The
chimney firebox is built out of fire brick. A fire brick,
firebrick, or refractory brick is a block of refractory
ceramic material used in lining furnaces, kilns, fireboxes,
and fireplaces.
A fireplace fire box is primarily to withstand high temperature, but
will also usually have a low thermal conductivity for greater energy
efficiency. Fireplace firebrick are weaker, but they are much
lighter, and insulate far better than dense bricks. A fireplace fire
box should be free from cracks. The fireplace fire brick will taper
in toward a damper and smoke shelf. A fireplace firebox is the only
spot in which burning wood should occur.
It
is accepted that where there is chimney smoke there is fire,
so obviously when you burn wood in your masonry and brick fireplace
chimney, smoke is released and travels up from your fire box and into
a smoke shelf and chimney flue liner. As the warm smoke travels up
the chimney flue liner it begins to cool . That smoke condenses on
the inside walls of your chimney flue liner and is converted into
creosote.
Creosote
is the leading cause of chimney fires. Creosote is a highly flammable
material that ignites easily from flame or spark. The type of wood
that is burned in a brick chimney fireplace and frequency of chimney
cleaning by a chimney sweep affects the amount of creosote built up on the chimney flue
liner. Unseasoned wood, contains a lot of moisture. This
means it takes more heat to burn the wood in the brick fireplace
firebox. Green wood produces more creosote.
Outside
temperature also plays a factor in the amount of creosote formed.
Chimneys that run up the side of your brick house are more apt to
produce creosot.e than one that runs up the center of your home This
is because brick concrete and stone masonry has a low insulation
value. The warm smoke being hit by cool temperatures condenses more
quickly.
Proper
air flow is critical to your stone or brick chimney. Making sure your
fireplace damper is open all the way so that smoke ventilates through
the chimney quickly also reduces the risk of creosote forming. A
Fireplace chimney must be built to a proper height to draft
properly.Usually three feet above the roof or ten feet from the roof.
You
must make sure to clean your chimney annually. When you ignite paper
or cardboard in your fireplace, often times small flaming pieces of
ash and soot can drift up the flue liner and are more likely to
ignite the creosote that has built up. A chimney sweep is a
person who who makes a living cleaning chimneys. A vast majority of
chimney sweeps were children during the industrial revolution Here is
what wikipedia says about chimney sweeps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_sweep
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Roof
Protection during Sterling Height 48442 Chimney Repair and Chimney
Cleaning
Demolition of a chimney by its nature
can be a very messy process. The removal of spalled brick, chipped
brick, and loose, cracked concrete on your Sterling Height Michigan
chimney crown inevitably will lead to dust and debris falling on your
roof or shingles during masonry repair. When laying brick, the
bricklayer spreads the mortar onto the brick and excess mortar can
fall onto your roof shingles. Once the mortar hardens it can remove
the granules from your roof shingles, leading to wear and tear on
your roof. That is why when chimney repair, masonry restoration,
chimney crown replacement, or chimney crown repair is performed on
your chimney it is imperative to protect your roof in the chimney
construction area.
You can use various items to protect
your roof during Sterling Height mi chimney crown demolition and
chimney crown repair. Items I have used to protect the roof on
chimney repair and chimney restoration projects While working in
Sterling Height Township include drop cloths, carpet remnants,
rubber mats, cardboard, and poly tarps. The more extensive the
chimney demolition and chimney construction project, the more layers
of drop cloth and/or carpet are required. I find using carpet
remnants to be the best method. The carpet does not have the
tendency to slide on roof shingles on small projects, only one layer
is necessary. Poly tarps are only good for small chimney repair
projects. They are lightweight, which makes them more susceptible to
breezes that you encounter when doing chimney repair. They provide
protection from falling mortar, but will do little against falling
debris that is encountered during chimney crown removal, large
chimney crown repair, and chimney brick replacement.
Once your Sterling Height chimney
repair has been completed and the protective covering surrounding the
chimney has been removed any loose particles and dust should be
brushed from the shingles with a soft brush and whenever possible,
the roof should be washed down. Warning: use of chemicals such as
muriatic acid and some concrete removers/detergents can also damage
your shingles. Once you have rinsed the roof off, be sure to clean
out your gutters. Nobody wants a gutter full of concrete after
getting their chimney repair completed. Remember that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Brick construction is one of the oldest trades in the world.
For almost as long as man has built he has done so in brick. True masonry
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When we perform chimney repair and masonry construction in Sterling Heights Michigan
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Brick Repair LLC's masonry repair specialists have been
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If you are looking for chimney repair masonry construction
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