Yes, they do say that there is a first time for everything, and this week we definitely had a first for us whilst we were out working. Regularly on our travels we come away from customers’ addresses with gifts, people are so kind; they

It seems to be a very popular blog when I write about the villages and churches we have visited whilst sweeping for the Dioceses of Chelmsford. So, for this week’s blog here are some more of the beautiful medieval churches we have visited, this time

 
Here is a stove that is classically recognizable as a Franco-Belge Stove, looking very similar to the smaller Franco-Belge Savoy, Franco-Belge Viceroy, Montfort and the Belfort. But it is not, it is the larger Franco-Belge Camargue, and not a model I have come across

Well here it is, what is possibly the oldest Chimney in Wales, in the village of Carew close to Tenby. We have just had a short week away, travelling around the country visiting family as well as sightseeing, when we came across this chimney.

As regular readers of my weekly blog will know, over the years we have had a number of unexpected visitors to the back of our van whilst we are working. On this occasion it was the customers cheeky cat Billy who came to have

 
Yes, Claire and I manage to escape for two weeks to Cyprus again in April, staying at George and Adriann’s villa just outside Latchi. This year we decided that as we worked so hard, particularly during the sweeping season, six and seven days a

Well, we spent a busy week at work, slowly following one steam engine after another on their way to the Saffron Walden Crank up, wondering whether we were ever going to arrive at the next job and how late we were going to

I still sweep a number of wood-fired and solid fuel range cookers across the area, but to be honest they are getting few and far between and the vast majority of them are either Aga’s or Rayburn’s. I was therefore most surprised to find

Here is something rather unusual, a Stovax Huntingdon 25 Multi-Fuel Stove but in a white enamel finish. I have swept numerous examples of the Stovax Huntingdon range of stoves over the years, but I had not come across one with an enamel finish. What

Here is a real rarity, a Masport Auckland Wood-Burning Stove, I had never come across one of these before finding this example at an address in Radwinter. Until I swept this stove I was not even aware of a stove company called Masport. Needless