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How it Works
When wood is burned, the combustion
process is never complete. The
smoke from a wood fire usually contains a dark brown or black substance
which has a smoky odour. This tar like substance is called creosote and
is found nearly everywhere in a wood heating system.
Wood has different characteristics
- certain types of wood release more heat than others. Hardwoods such as
Oak are denser than softer woods such as pine. Hardwoods will burn
longer. Unseasoned 'green' wood will burn with difficulty and produce
more creosote.
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Over time, the creosote from wood
fires builds up inside your chimney or flue. Creosote
is a flammable material which can ignite causing a fire in your chimney.
The Chimney Cleaning Log contains
a mixture of special additives
that are dispersed during the process of burning. The additives are
released through the smoke and adhere to the creosote. Over a period of
2 weeks a chemical reaction will take place and the creosote in your
chimney may become brittle and begin to flake away.
As you continue to burn wood
during this 2 week period, the
heat from the fires will treat the creosote and may cause the creosote
to disperse as a fine powder or break away from the chimney wall and
fall back into the firebox in the form of small particles.
Any remaining creosote is less likely
to result in a chimney fire. It
is also rendered more brittle, allowing for easier and more effective
mechanical removal.
| Chimney
Cleaning Log Tested at OMNI
Test Laboratories |
Pipe with
significant
creosote build up |
Same flue
pipe, 8 days &
4 wood fires after using the
Chimney Cleaning Log |
Same flue
pipe, 15 days &
8 wood fires after using the
Chimney Cleaning Log |
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80% of
the CCL treatment is done during the following 5 days.
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The CCL
treatment continue for 15 days.
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