Servicing North East Victoria Dinner Plain Maintenance can service, replace and install any of your prefered combustion stoves and heaters. - Year round chimney and flue sweeping service.
- Fan Servicing and replacement
- Fire brick replacment
- Door & Glass seal replacement
- Rotating & fixed cowl servicing
- Pyroceramic Glass replacement
- Chimney damper supply & fitting
- Flue repairs & stacking
One of the dangers of maintaining a fireplace is a chimney fire. One related cause is from creosote build-up.
Creosote - a flammable, tar-like substance caused by unburned wood particulates mixing with moisture. Burning unseasoned wood and/or low firebox temperatures are the most common causes. A creosote build-up inside the chimney or stovepipe can result in unpleasant odours and unsightly discoloration and dripping on the stovepipe. In extreme cases, creosote represents a serious fire hazard for homeowners.
Essentially, no chimney is immune to creosote though some units do burn cleaner and more efficient than others. Dinner Plain Maintenance recommends that chimneys be inspected regularly (dependant on use) to determine if creosote has accumulated increasing the risk of fire. The resultant build up considerably reduces the exhaust diameter and increases the probability of ignition. When ignited, creosote makes an extremely hot and dangerous fire.
The wood you burn has a lot to do with creosote. All firewood contains moisture in some degree. How much it contains is important. Wood dried outside, stacked where the wind will blow through it is in most cases the best people can do along with the variety chosen.
When mositure contained in the wood is burnt it is turned to saturated steam. It enters the stack as steam and water droplets at a temp of around 90 degree C. This is considerably cooler than the condensation point of the creosote gasses, 120 degrees C. Thus, the presence of the steam cools the chimney, the gases condense and creosote is formed.
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