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Useful tips and advice to help you get the most our of your wood burner or open fire.
Chimney Fire Safety Week – September 1st to 7th 2025
The Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps are proud to support Chimney Fire Safety week 2025
August 28, 2025
Clearing ash from your fire? NEVER leave ashes in the house
Even a small amount of glowing embers will give off poisonous Carbon Monoxide gas. This gas is harmless outside but,…
March 17, 2022
Nests in your chimney can be a BIG problem
JACKDAW nesting season is here – and that could be a problem for your fire and chimney. There are around…
March 10, 2021
Sweeps warn of spike in chimney fires
The combination of lockdown and cold weather means people are at home using their fires for many more hours per…
February 3, 2021
Bees In Chimneys
Bees nesting in chimneys are a common problem that we in the chimney industry are all familiar with. When bees…
February 1, 2021
A penny a day to save a life? Carbon Monoxide Awareness.
Properly maintained fires and chimneys are very safe but a Carbon Monoxide alarm is there to warn you if something…
November 21, 2020
Deadly spider cobweb in UK chimneys!
How can spiders be deadly in chimneys? These are not some exotic species that hitched a lift in a box…
October 20, 2019
Footballer and pilot deaths in carbon monoxide plane crash
EMILIANO Sala’s death in a tragic plane crash has brought the issue of carbon monoxide in aeroplanes to the forefront…
September 17, 2019
