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 »
Posts Tagged: Victorian London
Why must Chimney sweeps use HEPA vacuums?
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 »
City smog and smoke control
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 »
The brutal history of the chimney climbing boys
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 »
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