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It is important to keep your home maintained and your family safe, which is why fireplace cleaning and chimney sweeping in Somerset County, NJ go hand-in-hand. You should clean your Somerset fireplace regularly to prevent dangerous fires and fumes. Contact Apex Air Duct Cleaning & Chimney Services after reading this information so we can assist you in achieving your goals.

Is it Time to Have Your Fireplace Cleaned?

It is possible to tell if it is time for your fireplace to be cleaned or repaired or replaced in several ways. In general, the Chimney Safety Institute of America recommends that you clean your fireplace every year or that someone else cleans it for you as part of national fire protection.

In addition, the CSIA recommends cleaning fireplaces when there is an inch of sooty buildup so that fumes won’t damage your chimney (which should receive regular cleanings) and spread throughout your home. As well, a dirty fireplace can cause creosote to build up in your chimney flue, causing it to catch fire.

You can check for creosote buildup yourself or hire a professional to inspect your house for you if you know how to do it safely. You can read about the CSIA’s other fireplace cleaning recommendations on their website, including which solutions will work best. They have also certified many businesses, such as Apex Air Duct Cleaning & Chimney Services.

In Weston, NJ, you may also need a professional for other things related to fireplaces; for instance, maintenance and replacement of certain parts. Panels on the inside of a fireplace may occasionally need to be replaced, as they are an important component. There is a tendency for cracks to appear on the panels or bricks when they need to be replaced.

When you can fit a dime into the cracks in the panels of your fireplace, it’s time to replace them. As an added benefit, think about installing refractory panels, which are heat-resistant and designed to reflect your home’s warmth. As the temperatures in Somerset drop during the winter, this can be a wonderful feature to have.

How to Prevent Your Fireplace from Getting Dirty

There will be a mess in your fireplace eventually; burning coal or wood generates smoke and ash. It’s impossible to avoid this fact. You can, however, prevent creosote from accumulating in the chimney flue and reduce any odors coming from your fireplace.

Your fireplace can produce more creosote if you burn wood that is wet. New wood has more moisture than old wood, which creates more smoke, which in turn creates more creosote.

If you’re looking for wood, make sure it has been dried for at least six months. Artificial wood should never be burned, as it can cause a lot of unnecessary combustion. It’s also important to ensure that your fireplace has proper airflow, but you can also use creosote destroyer powder to help. It can take just a few tablespoons of this to reduce creosote buildup on your fire.

In addition, if your fireplace is emitting unpleasant odors, you can spray some simple solutions in it to help solve the problem. This can prevent further chimney services being needed, a regular chimney cleaning should also be done to protect the life span of your chimney.

Learning More from the Professionals

In this piece, we hope that you have learned some useful information that will help you maintain your fireplace in Weston, NJ. If there is still more to learn, don’t hesitate to contact us! Our trade secrets are happy to be shared at Apex Air Duct Cleaning & Chimney Services. Your home will be inspected, cleaned, or replaced by us, and we will teach you how to maintain its safety and comfort.

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Weston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP’s population was 1,235.

Heinrich/Henry Schenck built a grist mill on the east bank of the Millstone here, probably in the 1740s. His brother, Peter, built a mill upstream at Blackwells Mills about the same time and both were called Schenck’s Mill. Three of Henry’s sons, Abraham, John and Henry were in the second graduating class of 14 students of the newly founded Queen’s College that later became Rutgers University. His daughter, Gertrude Schenck, married Fredrick Frelinghuysen, son of the Dutch-reformed minister and tutor to the boys at Queen’s College. Frelinghuysen would attend the Continental Congress, rise to rank of Major General, and become a US Senator and US District Attorney. Fredrick and Gertrude would start the #6 ranked political dynasty in American history. In 2018, U.S. Representative from New Jersey, Rodney Frelinghuysen retired, ending the dynasty.

The second owner of the mill was Abraham Van Neste, from 1771-1797. During his tenure, on January 21, 1777, there was a skirmish at the mill, known as the Battle of Millstone or the Battle of Van Nest’s Mill, between a British foraging party of about 600 troops, sent out of New Brunswick by General Cornwallis, seeking the large quantity of flour they believed was stored there and a party of about 450 militia including Frelinghuysen and the Schencks, commanded by General Philemon Dickinson. With the bridge at Weston guarded by the British, the American force had to wade across the waist deep, ice-filled river. Nevertheless, they so surprised the foraging party the British retreated without ever firing a single one of their three field pieces. In their haste, the British left behind 43 wagons, 164 horses, 118 cattle, 70 sheep and 12 soldiers who became prisoners. In the skirmish, 5 Americans were lost but the British lost about 30 men.

When William Rodgers owned the mill between 1823 and 1843, he changed the name to Weston, purportedly to reflect the name used at the time for an area across the river from the mill.

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FAQ

A chimney sweep is specially trained to use brushes and rods to clean off creosote from in the fireplace. This is how the smoke chamber and firebox get cleaned.

Soot builds up inside the flue of a chimney. Due to this, black soot can even start to escape the chimney and reach walls in your home.

Chimney sweeps are trained professionals equipped with the tools to perfectly clean out your chimney.

The NFPA strongly suggests a chimney cleaning should occur yearly. A chimney cleaning yearly can remove creosote and soot from the inside of your flue.