Hello all and welcome to my blog post. I have been asking myself of late, in this modern world of gas and electricity why in earth do we love our real wood fires so much. I mean compared to other fuel types they are not controllable, as safe or even as efficient. Oh a lest… Read more »
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City smog and smoke control
Hello fellow chimney sweeps and interested consumers. Todays blog is about the smoke control laws that we must abide by today and a little history too. Everyone has seen the old Sherlock Holmes scenes of old London Town with a passing chimney sweep and a whole lot of fog, well this fog was actually a… Read more »
The brutal history of the chimney climbing boys
Hello all. Chimney sweepings brutal history Chimney sweeping using slaves or low paid labour goes back a very long time indeed, some of the first references to chimney sweeps were in Roman times before the time of the times of Christ so we are talking BC not AD. Roman swimming pools and baths were… Read more »
Why do chimney sweeps wear top hats and why so lucky?
Hello all Welcome to today’s blog where you will learn a little history about chimney sweeps and the possible origins of being lucky and wearing a top hat. origin one lucky beginnings The oldest of the stories goes back a very long way to king William of Britain way back in 1087/1100 nearly a… Read more »
Santa Maria Maggiore the chimney sweeps festival
If your a chimney sweep from any where in this world you are sure to have heard of Santa Maria Maggiore the world chimney sweeping festival held in Italy in September each year. Where and when? The festival is held each year in the Town of Santa Maria Maggiore in the beautiful valley of Vigezzo… Read more »
Sweeping The chimneys of Thatched properties what you must know?
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 »
CCTV Camera Surveying in Chimneys be in the know
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 »
An Evolution in Chimney sweeping find out what’s changing?
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 »
To power sweep or not to power sweep that is the question?
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 »
How to Find treasure in a chimney tales of a chimney sweep.
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 »
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