Heavy Level 2 Creosote Build Up.
This is a great example of what happens when you routinely have a low intensity fire with less that high quality wood. Get that fire good and hot and use good quality firewood.
New chimney cap for United Christian Youth Camp's dining hall.
These detectors were over 20 years old. All major manufacturers recommend replacement after 10.
Level 1 creosote that I swept out of this chimney. This was a bit more build up than I would like to see, but the customer had waited 2 years since his last cleaning. Make sure to get yours done at least once per year.
This chimney cap was 100% blocked and causing smoke to back up into their home.
I found this with my inspection camera inside of a dryer vent. You can see that this build up took a normally 4" diameter vent and reduced it by about half.
Level 1 creosote that I found with the inspection camera inside of a chimney. These particles start out small, then build at an exponential rate as the smoke particles have more surface area to cling on to.
This is clay liner or terracotta chimney. They require a little bit more delicate touch and inspection. These style chimneys are extremely susceptible to damage from chimney fires.
This customer was concerned because it would take about 3-4 cycles in the dryer to get her clothes dry. Her dryer was working fine, but I found what the true cause of the problem was. The vent on her roof was almost 100% blocked.
A little bit of level 1 creosote build up. This one wasn't horrible, but still needed cleaning.
Here was a dryer vent that just went through the floor of the home and ended in the crawl space. There was no duct work that carried the vent to the outside of the home as per building codes. You can see how much lint had accumulated on the copper water pipes.
This dryer vent flex duct had not been attached to the dryer properly. You can see that it had been leaking and blowing lint all over the back of the dryer.
Here's a decent clog that I removed from a dryer duct in Prescott.
One of our methods for cleaning dryer vents. We try to clean from the inside out whenever we have the chance. This allows us to inspect and fix any issues at the back of the dryer and it allows us to use our shop vac to contain any of the mess that the lint creates when we break it loose.
This customer had not had his pipe cleaned in a couple years. We got him all taken care of and also got rid of this grate for him. Many people don't know that most wood stoves do not require a grate and that it's recommended to build your fire on a bed of ashes about 1" thick.
All cleaned and ready for the next chilly day.
Blocked dryer vent termination. This will create a fire hazard and also cause your clothes dryer to have the heating element fail.
This is one of the tools we use for cleaning out dryer vents using air pressure.
