Hello all and welcome to today’s blog where you will learn important information about Thatched properties and their chimneys. Firstly what’s the difference between a thatch house and a house with a tiled roof? well I guess you all heard the fable if the three little pigs? Where the big bad wolf will huff and… Read more »
Camera Surveys what’s inside the chimney out of sight? Hello In today’s blog you will learn when to use a camera to survey the chimneys interior along with what type of camera for which type of survey, yes there are different types. Survey types look and go see. This is not a survey in a… Read more »
Hello all and welcome. I wrote this post after I received many messages following my blog To power Sweep or not to power sweep, where many users of power sweeping equipment reminded me of the evolution of whip heads, button lock rods,dust sheets and Mole brushes. In this blog you will learn about new products… Read more »
Ok so you went out and purchased that rotary power sweeping kit so when do you use it? The first main difference between the sweeping styles is the cleaning action, a standard brush scrubs back and forth pushing and pulling manually where as a rotary flail rotates under action of a connected drill. Now let’s… Read more »
Chimney sweeping tales. Finding Treasure in a chimney Almost on a daily basis I am ask what interesting things do you find in a chimney and on most days of course it’s a mixture of soot, bird poo, chimney lining, nesting material, old newspapers and the odd pigeon. However over the years I have been… Read more »
The funny thing is that every guy has their own method for lighting fires and that their way is best, I was one of those people too using my trusted teepee method I used in cubscouts, the below method is what I learned in chimbey Sweeping school in Bavaria Germany. The problem with the teepee… Read more »
There are many chimney cowlings on the market today, some are designed well and have a positive function and some are restrictive and should not be used for live appliances. Do I require a chimney cowling and what are the pros and cons? Cons: In many instances you will not require a cowling. Fitting a… Read more »
Chimney Sweeping through the generations As you may or may not be aware our company is lucky in the sense we have been in this trade for over half a century over four generations. So I was sitting talking to my grandfather John William Hodgson, now in his 70’s talking about the chimney sweeps… Read more »
Oil Boilers and there connecting flues In light of the recent tower fire in Grenfell tower we have had a large uptake in calls and mails about the sweeping of oil fired appliance flues due to the failing of fire safety certificates.This is something that is usually forgotten about as many large companies employ oil… Read more »
Daniel Hodgson Why Smoke Testing is not optional After reading some of The competitions chimney sweep advertising it is apparent that many of them offer Smoke draw testing only an optional extra, Dangerous? Read on below. At clean Sweep Chimney Services of we have developed our process over several generations and we believe an… Read more »
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