Boiler flue cleaning in Ķekava - private-house areas and new developments

Who in Ķekava has their own heating

SIA “Ķekavas nami” produces and supplies heat to apartment buildings and municipal institutions. The municipality's spatial plan says that district heating is found in the apartment building areas, and the local boiler houses are next to apartment buildings and schools in Ķekava and Daugmale. In the municipality's climate plan (2020, 2018 data) the Ķekava, Baloži, Valdlauči and Rāmava heating networks had 131 consumers, about 95% of them apartment buildings.

The same plan honestly admits that there are no reliable data on which fuel private houses use. What is known is that in the 2022/2023 heating season the municipality also administered state support for households heating with firewood, pellets and briquettes. So in the request, say exactly what is connected to your flue.

Boiler flue: two cleanings and how they differ

A heating boiler does not store heat for longer than three hours, so its flue is cleaned by 1 November and once more between 1 November and 1 March. The first cleaning prepares for the season. The second removes what has built up during the frosts, when the boiler works hardest, and it matters most for a firewood boiler with a buffer tank run at full output, or a gasification boiler, where the soot is fine and sticky.

In a pellet boiler flue the ash is light and fine and collects in the flue pipe, the horizontal sections and the chimney base. A gas boiler needs annual servicing and a check, and a brick flue is checked once a year, a lined or metal one once every two years. More: boiler flue cleaning, pellet boiler flue cleaning and chimney cleaning in winter.

New developments: when a boiler replaces a stove or a house gets a new chimney

Suburban housing in Ķekava is developing fast: newer developments usually have a modular chimney or a metal flue, older houses a masonry chimney from the days of the stove. If a boiler replaces the stove in an old house, you need a certificate on whether the new appliance may be connected to the existing flue. A masonry channel is often too wide for a boiler, the flue gases cool in it and condensation forms, so a liner is fitted.

A new build needs a flue inspection certificate before it is accepted into service. More: chimney lining, modular chimney installation and flue inspection for building acceptance.

Saunas and fireplaces in private houses

A sauna stove, like a boiler, is a long-burn appliance with a two-cleaning schedule if the sauna is also used in winter. For a sauna flue we check the insulation at the wooden ceiling and where it crosses the roof. For a fireplace the main thing is the smoke chamber above the firebox, where soot collects. More: sauna stove cleaning and fireplace cleaning.

Businesses by the A7 and Via Baltica

Along the main roads of Ķekava there are commercial buildings, production sites and food industry businesses. If they have their own boiler house, a bread oven or a café fireplace, a certificate is needed after every cleaning, and once every five years solid-fuel appliances need a technical condition inspection. At such sites a long-burn boiler flue is cleaned before the season and once more mid-season: chimney sweep for businesses.

What may be burned in Ķekava municipality

The Ķekava municipality waste regulations forbid burning waste. The regulations on property upkeep require leaves and branches to be cleared from pavements, but they contain no rules on burning. Only fuel belongs in a boiler or stove: dry firewood, pellets, briquettes. Painted boards, packaging and leaves leave tar that has to be removed separately: chimney tar removal.

Route and price in Ķekava

Ķekava is linked to the A7 and the Riga bypass, and at rush hour and during roadworks the trip can take longer. In the request, say whether the address is in the town of Ķekava or in a village of the municipality, for example Valdlauči, Rāmava or Daugmale.

Cleaning a boiler, stove, fireplace or sauna flue costs from €100 per flue, usually €100–130, with the certificate and the call-out. Chimney lining, installation and the technical condition report are priced for your situation: the price depends on the length and diameter of the flue, access to the roof and the materials. All prices: prices and chimney cleaning.

Nearby places

In the same municipality: Baloži and Baldone. Also Iecava and Riga. All places: where we work.