by becky | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog
Out and about chimney sweeping in Andover today. We sweep both wood burner flues and open fires and recommend you sweep your flue once a year (twice a year if burning coal). If you have a wood burner that needs a fully qualified and insured chimney sweep to give it a... 
by becky | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog
While chimney sweeping in Winchester today I came across this old jackdaws Nest. Removing a bird’s nest from a chimney can take time…in this case 3 hours and 7 bin bags of nesting material removed…you have to respect a jackdaws tenacity !!!! Once the... by becky | Nov 12, 2019 | Blog
Most commonly, a small fire of kindling wood is stacked and bigger logs are added to this. The trouble with this, is that as gases are released from the bigger logs, there are no flames at the top to ignite them. They will pollute rather than give heat. There is a... 
by becky | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
Fires smoke and pollute it they do not burn intensely. A temperature of 300 – 350 degrees Celsius is required to burn all the gases emmited from wood. At a lower temperature, the gases (smoke) will go up the chimney unburned. For this reason, a hot fire will... by becky | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog
Now that the bird nesting season is well and truly over, it’s a good time of year to remove bird’s nests. If in the summer months you noticed sticks falling down your chimney, or heard birds cooing or making a noise for a consistent amount of time,...