What we sweep
Six jobs. Yours is one of them.
From a routine annual sweep to a camera survey after a chimney fire. If you are not sure which one you need, ring and describe what the fire is doing — that is usually enough to tell.
The six
What we take on.
Every sweep includes a flue inspection and a draw check as standard. Beyond that, each of these is a job in its own right with its own reason for calling — so you only ever book the one you need.
01
Open fires & inglenooks
Traditional brush-and-rod sweeping for open hearths, including wide inglenook throats and register plates that need lifting.
02
Wood burners & multi-fuel stovesBaffle out, flue swept top to bottom, rope seals and glass checked. Stoves in constant use want sweeping twice a year, not once.03
Bird nests & cowl fitting
Nest removal outside the March–August breeding season, followed by a bird guard or cowl so it does not happen again next spring.
04
Thatched propertiesSwept from below, with a full external inspection of the stack and ridge. Thatch is unforgiving of a flue nobody has looked at.05
CCTV flue inspection
A camera survey of the full flue when something is not drawing right, before a sale, or after a chimney fire. You get the footage.
06
Smoke-draw & integrity testingProving a flue is sound and venting where it should. Booked on its own when a room smokes back, before a purchase, or after a fire.Not sure which one you need?
Most people ring describing a symptom rather than a service — the fire smokes back, there is scratching above the fireplace, the glass keeps blackening, the survey flagged the chimney. That is genuinely more useful to us than a service name.
Describe what it is doing and we will tell you which job it actually is, including when the answer is that it does not need one yet.