Creosote Types and Varieties

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There are two main types of creosote in the industrial production:

1. Wood-tar creosote is used for meat preservation, wood treatment, as well as medicinal purposes such as an expectorant, antiseptic, astringent, anesthetic, and laxative, though these have mostly been replaced by newer medicines.
2. Coal-tar creosote mainly have been used as a wood preservative due to its strength and toxic properties. It was also formerly used as an escharotic to burn malignant skin tissue and in dentistry to prevent necrosis; however is no longer used in this way due to it being toxic.

Varieties of creosote also have been made from petroleum and oil shale, namely:

• Oil-tar creosote which has been derived from the oil tar; and
• Water-gas-tar creosote which has been derived from the water gas tar.

Basically creosote is commercially valuable and produced industrially on a large scale for either direct use, or as a raw material for various productions.

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Creosote in Nashville TN Chimneys

For all your Nashville TN Creosote - found inside chimneys - inquiries and information, contact All Year Chimney Sweeps and Repair situated in Cloverwood Drive.

What is Creosote?

Creosote is the portion of chemical products obtained by the distillation of a tar that remains heavier than water, and is interestingly notably useful for its antiseptic and preservative properties (Wikipedia). It is generally found inside of chimney flues when wood or coal burns incompletely. Creosote has a very strong, acrid odor which is generally much worse in wet weather, or in the summer when the chimney is less operational in drawing the odor up the chimney. It can penetrate the surface of the chimney lining, and due to this the odor may persist even after it is cleaned. It is advised to try and disconnect the stove pipe and plugging the thimble (the hole in the chimney) with a metal cap during the summer, as this may help with keeping the odor out of the house. Also try and invest in a chimney cap to assist with keeping the rain out of the flue.

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