Firstly, we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our friends and customers a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. And a big thank you to you all for your loyalty and support throughout the year!
Secondly, it has

I have used this very useful bit of kit a lot this autumn, usually on Sundays when we tend to remove birds nests from chimneys and clean particularly dirty flues. We have been using it for a number of years now, and I

Here we are sweeping again for the Bishop of Chelmsford in the lovely Essex village of Great Maplestead. Fortunately, we had some time to enjoy the historic medieval church of St Giles following the sweep, it is a real Gem. Remarkably, both Great and

Being dog owners, this is always something that always makes me and Claire smile, a dog who loves our dust sheets! I believe that they think in their heads that we have come just see them, put out some nice bedding for them and make

Here is something new that I saw whilst sweeping in Monk Street Thaxted recently, the new model Woodwarm Fireview 5 Eco Multi-Fuel Stove. I think they look slightly more sleeker and contemporary than the old model Fireview’s. They dismantle slightly differently than the

Here is another in my series of blogs entitled ‘life at the coalface’ – In this blog I will be looking at soot collection traps and how to empty them. Soot collection traps in the main are found in two different types of chimneys.

Here is something interesting, and a real rarity, an old, retro Wiking Bazic Wood-Burning stove. I see a lot of the more modern models of the Wiking stoves around the area, like the various models of the Luma, and the Mini, but I have never

 I had to laugh when I saw this thatched dog running off with the sausages on the roof of an address in Great Chesterford, opposite where we were working. I thought that it would make an excellent and funny entry on my weekly chimney sweeping

On some days we work in an area away from our usual patch around Saffron Walden and Haverhil. Thursday last week was just such a day, when we were working in and around Royston. Our first job of the day was in Littlington and the

Here we are sweeping again for the Bishop of Chelmsford in the lovely Essex village of Great Maplestead. Fortunately, we had some time to enjoy the historic medieval church of St Giles following the sweep, it is a real Gem. Remarkably, both Great and