Now this is a rather majestic piece of thatched statuary, this soring golden eagle. This is another fine example of the master thatcher’s craft by Clive Dodson, Master Thatcher of Cambridgeshire. I think it is amazing that with just a bit of straw he

There are not many of these old style Jotul 602N Wood-Burning Stove these days although Jotul still manufacture them as an eco stove, the F602. I do see a few of these about with their characteristic crosshatched glass front, but I have only ever

I recently completed the HETAS Chimney Sweeps 5 Year Refresher & Technical Update Course and have the certificate to prove it! It was a day long course completed at the H Firkins Training Centre in Milton Keynes and there were 8 other sweeps undertaking

Here is something unusual that I just had to include in my blog, this is a Wamslea 900 Solid Fuel Range that I swept recently in a house in Stocking Green. Unfortunately, it had a rather tricky factory made chimney arrangement with an

I just had to include this photograph of two little helpers giving me all their assistance at an address in Belchamp Otten, I thought it was so amusing, and I hope you do too! This is Teddy and Ellie (their full names being

I saw this sad but rather interesting story on the Guild of Master Sweeps website this week and thought I would share it. On 11th February 1875, George Brewster was forced by his master to climb and clean a chimney at what was then the County

I recently saw this photograph taken in 1972 of a part demolished tenement block in Kelvinhaugh Street Glasgow. It is of interest because at a glance it shows how chimneys are constructed and how they remain separate, whilst feathering into a single chimney stack.

 I sweep many, many of the old Parkray multi-fuel room heaters across the area, particularly in the old Braintree District council houses that I sweep for Eastlight Community Homes. We have been working our contract with Eastlight Community Homes for over 5 years now and

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 Here is a salutary tale from Thaxted this week about the need to have a chimney regularly swept – A barn conversion caught fire and lost most of its roof when soot deposits in the chimney caught fire and spread to the loft space. The