I thought it was time for another thatched animal – I took this photo on a frosty February morning at a house in Arrington where I was working. As you can see it’s a rather handsome fox. Confusingly, the thatch roof is immediately behind

Todays blog is all about the Morso Squirrel Multi-Fuel
Stove as I see so many of the on my travels around the Saffron Walden area. The
one pictured is in an address in Saffron Walden, but I do see them everywhere,
for example have

I am pleased to announce to all my customers that I am now HETAS Registered, having completed the Chimney Sweeps Service and Maintenance course a couple of weeks ago. I travelled to a Company in Sudbury, Specflue Training Centre, to complete the course. Although much

I recently swept this impressive Franco-Belge Monte Carlo Wood-Burning Stove at an address in Great Sampford. The Monte Carlo is a very large stove with a massive heat out-put of 11.5 Kw. This is because the stove has a very large fire box that can

I recently swept this contemporary cylindrical wood-burning stove at an address in Debden Green. I thought the picture was of interest because of the amount of ironmongery that I found in the bottom of the stove. These consisted mostly of assorted nails of differing shapes

I recently swept the flue to this rather space-age Invicta Ove Wood-Burning Stove in an address in Wicken Bonhunt. I think it is a fabulously shaped stove; it has a massive 10 Kw firebox. The stove was positioned in a very large room with a

Here is a really nice photo of a family’s pet dogs enshrined in the thatch on the roof of their house. What a really nice idea I thought and a lovely tribute to their pets. I don’t know if you can recognize the breed of

I recently swept this unusual Clearview Pioneer Multi-Fuel Stove at an address in Newport. It is unusual because as you can see in the photograph it has a cooking compartment above the fire box. Quite appropriately this stove was in the kitchen of the house

A Happy New Year and New Decade to everyone, to make the point here is a picture of one of my brushes emerging from a chimney at a house in Widdington just before Christmas! It is supposed to be lucky to see the brush out

Wishing all my Customers a very Happy Christmas – and I hope you have lots of warming fires over the Christmas break with friends and family gathered around the winter fireside. For todays Christmas blog I have a photo of a snowy fox and a