West Sussex · PO20
Chimney sweep in Selsey
Open fires, wood burners, multi-fuel stoves and thatch — swept, inspected and draw-tested, with the certificate emailed before we drive away. No call-out fee.
Sweeping in Selsey.
Selsey sits at the end of a low, exposed peninsula with sea on three sides, and that exposure is the defining fact for anything on a roof here. Wind comes off the water with nothing to slow it, and salt comes with it. Flaunching cracks sooner, pointing erodes faster, and pots work loose earlier than they would five miles inland.
The housing is largely low-rise — bungalows, chalet bungalows and seaside cottages, much of it twentieth century. Short flues are the norm, which sounds easier and often is not. A short flue has less height to generate draw, so it is far more sensitive to wind direction, to a cowl that is not quite right, and to any partial blockage at all.
Downdraught complaints are the common call here, and they are frequently not a sweeping problem. Wind blowing across an exposed stack can push smoke back down a flue that is perfectly clean.
In Selsey particularly
The jobs that come up most here.
03
Bird nests & cowl fitting
The right cowl does double duty on this coast — keeping birds out and steadying the draw on an exposed short flue.
06
Smoke-draw & integrity testing
Persistent downdraught in an exposed position is often the stack or the wind rather than soot. Testing tells you which.
We do all six across Selsey — this is simply what the local building stock tends to throw up. See everything we take on.
Elsewhere in West Sussex.
Selsey sits on the same round as the rest of the county. No call-out fee anywhere on it.
Book a sweep in Selsey.
Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm. Voicemail answered same day.