Back in May 2018, we presented an Industry wide survey for all Chimney Sweeps to take part in, whether independent or part of an association. We wanted as many different opinions as possible and everyone to have a voice. Some of the questions are a little too difficult to summarise in graphs. For example there […]
Historically there were two routes into chimney sweeping. 1, apprentices such as the chimney climbing boys or 2, from father to son passed down knowledge through the generations. This still happens to a degree today and many enter the profession because they fell into the job via family association. Things have changed a great deal […]
Soot part 3. disposal, carriage and bagging up. In the previous two parts of this series we spoke about the dangers of soot, PPE, cleaning and many other things. In today’s article we will speak briefly about, storage, removal, carriage and disposal of the black stuff. Professional chimney sweeps are generally a conscientious bunch and […]
Technical Update: Soot (Part 2) Welcome to part two of our three part article on soot. In this blog we talk about different types of soot, fuel types and cleaning methods. Chimney sweeps generally classify soot by the fuel type that it was formed by when it was combusted. There are a few general rules; […]
Adding Google Analytics to your website How do you like loosing business and money? Not nice, right? When a huge chunk of visitors to your website give up on it within seconds or don’t like what they see and move away from it, this is exactly what is happening. You are loosing a potential client […]
Many chimney sweeps still need to take action and are exposed to complaints and serious fines simply because they have not addressed GDPR as yet. It is essential you address GDPR as soon as possible if you have not done so yet, and to help out we have put together this comprehensive guide. Firstly, please […]