Here is something unusual for this week’s blog, a freestanding Stovax Riva, you don’t often see one of these! Although I do see lots and lots of the cassette version of the Stovax Riva I don’t think that I have ever seen a freestanding version,

 Here is something of a survivor from days gone by, Coalbrookdale stoves and worthy of my weekly blog. I see plenty of retro Coalbrookdale stoves around the area, but the vast majority of them are the Little Wenlock model or less so the Severn

Here is a bit of a novelty to us, as a result of a request for a favour from one of our regular customers, we went to sweep a stove chimney at their close friends in the village of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire. Beautiful though it

I recently swept this very unusual, business like Godin Stove at an address in Little Walden. This example is a Godin Fonteval 10Kw Multi-Fuel Stove. This stove was an admirable finishing touch to a large room in a large farmhouse. I’m sure its presence

During our recent road trip around the UK, we visited a number of tourist attractions in between visiting family. In nine days, we stayed at Crosby in Liverpool, Chester, Ludlow, New Quay in Ceredigion, Tenby, Wenvoe near Cardiff and Stanton St John near

Now here is a very attractive little enamel Franco-Belge stove that carries on the French tradition for colored enamel stoves which goes back to the last century. This example is a Blue Enamel Franco-Belge Viceroy Multi-Fuel Stove that I have been sweeping for some

I really like this little stove with its large glass window, in fact the stove is mostly window, so you get a really good view of the fire – Always a most attractive feature in any stove. This is the Parkray Aspect 5

Up until relatively recently I had not come across any examples of these Rais stoves, but I am now beginning to see more and more of them. This attractive contemporary cylindrical model is the Rais Viva L120 Wood-Burning Stove. They are as you

I recently saw this sitting hare on the thatched roof at an address in Therfield near Royston, where I was sweeping a couple of chimneys. Hares seem to be the most common of animals that are represented on thatched roofs. I suppose this

I sweep an awful lot of Heta stoves, the vast majority of which have been installed by Cut Maple Stoves from New England Sturma. Most of these tend to be the Heta Inspire 40, 45 and 55, the 45 in particular. However, the other