Hello fellow chimney professionals Todays blog is a really important one about the differences between a wood only appliance and a multi fuel version. It covers what you need to know and what to teach your customer. I wrote this article after speaking to many customers over many years who insist that it is the… Read more »
Hello fellow Chimney Sweeps Today I am writing this article in response to questions I have been asked on social media. The question is why do I need HEPA level filtration (High Efficiency Particulate Air) on my vacuum cleaner when I can buy a similar model which does not have a HEPA cartridge for very… Read more »
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 »
Hello all and welcome In one of our previous blogs smoking back symptoms causes and cures you learned about different types of smoking back and their causes. In today’s blog we are going to look into the specifics of one such situation which is the competition for available air and back syphonage. Firstly when looking to… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I would like to introduce my self, my name is Daniel Hodgson and I am the owner of Clean Sweep Chimney Services. It was in the 1950`s that my grandfather decided to become a chimney sweep. He was working in a coal mine just out side of Newcastle on a particularly cold November morning when… Read more »
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