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Your Oil Furnace Needs Service Too

Oil Furnace Work Image - Poughkeepsie NY - All Seasons ChimneyAs you are getting your home ready for cooler weather, you should not forget about your oil furnace and its chimney. Your oil furnace needs to be serviced annually to ensure it is working safely and efficiently. All Seasons Chimney is proud to offer maintenance services for oil furnaces, along with our fireplace and chimney sweepings and inspections. We would like to tell you why it is so important to have your oil furnace and its chimney professionally serviced and inspected every year.

Prevent carbon monoxide leaks

Because your oil furnace routinely has long running cycles in the winter, it produces a lot of soot. Oil soot is very sticky and will adhere to the inner walls of the chimney. Over a long and cold winter, these soot deposits can build up to the point where they block the chimney. According to the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA), this soot will eventually fall to the base of the chimney or even directly on top of your furnace. When the base of the chimney has not been swept and when your furnace does not have proper ventilation, carbon monoxide can easily be forced back into your home. This toxic gas can cause serious illnesses that could possibly lead to death. Having your oil furnace professionally serviced and its chimney professionally swept can greatly reduce your chances of carbon monoxide leaks.

Prevent chimney corrosion

A large accumulation of soot deposits can be hard on both masonry and metal surfaces. Soot is a combination of sulphur and carbon, and when this mixture is combined with moisture from rainwater or flue gases, it can cause corrosion damage. If you have a masonry chimney, the bricks and mortar joints can suffer from spalling damage that leads to cracked and missing bricks. If you have a metal chimney, tiny holes can form from this corrosion damage, which disrupts the integrity of the liner.

What should I expect from an oil furnace service appointment?

When All Seasons Chimney arrives to your home to service your oil furnace and its chimney, we will set up our special equipment to be sure your home is protected from soot and other debris. We will then disconnect the pipe that connects your furnace to the chimney, sweep the pipe, and reconnect it. We then inspect both the interior and exterior of the chimney to look for any potential problems. After the inspection, we will restart your oil furnace and provide you with a written evaluation of your furnace and chimney.

With our years of experience and training, you can trust All Seasons Chimney to properly remove all of the oil soot deposits from your chimney and to ensure your oil furnace is functioning safely and efficiently. Contact us today to schedule an appointment to have your oil furnace and its chimney serviced before winter arrives.

Solving Fireplace Odors

Correcting Fireplace Odors Image - Poughkeepsie NY - All Seasons ChimneyYou want your home to smell as fresh and clean as possible, but sometimes certain things in your chimney can cause stinky smells to invade your home through your fireplace. All Seasons Chimney has years of experience in dealing with smelly chimneys, and we know what causes unpleasant fireplace odors and how to get rid of the odor source. We would like to tell you more about the services we offer that can take care of this stinky problem.

You need a professional chimney sweeping.

If you are noticing a strong odor of burned barbecue, your fireplace odor problem is most likely being caused by creosote deposits inside your chimney. A natural compound that develops during the combustion process of burning wood, creosote sticks to the inner walls of your chimney and can accumulate into large deposits. This not only creates an odor issue as creosote has a sour and acrid scent, but it also is a fire hazard. If the internal temperature gets hot enough, creosote can easily ignite into flames. Creosote is so flammable that the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA) has named it as a leading cause of chimney fires. To protect you from the dangers of a chimney fire and to keep creosote from causing an odor problem in your home, All Seasons Chimney can professionally sweep your chimney to remove all of the creosote deposits from the inner walls of your chimney. Our CSIA-certified chimney sweeps will take care to be sure every bit of creosote has been removed.

You need a professionally installed chimney cap on top of your chimney.

Without a chimney cap on the top of your chimney, you have an open hole on your roof. Water from rain and melted ice and snow can easily enter your chimney and land on the smoke shelf. This standing water can give off unpleasant musty odors. Even worse, leaves and other debris can fall into the chimney and mix with the water to create a decomposing smell. Another odor issue that can occur without a chimney cap has to do with wild animals. Birds, squirrels, raccoons, and other creatures can get into your chimney to nest. Unfortunately, an animal can get stuck inside your chimney and die. You can imagine the stench caused by this situation. To keep water and animals out of your chimney, All Seasons Chimney can professionally install a new chimney cap on top of your chimney. We can show you the best caps that have mesh metal sides that prevent birds, squirrels, raccoons, and other wild animals from being able to enter your chimney. We will be sure your new cap is correctly installed to protect your chimney.

Have you noticed unpleasant fireplace odors? Contact us at All Seasons Chimney to schedule an appointment with one of our CSIA-certified chimney sweeps to solve this problem.