by Alfred Poppins | Sep 25, 2019 | News
We have been busy sweeping chimneys this week all across Stamford, Rutland and Peterborough and unfortunately we are finding more and more Wood-burners and multi-fuel stoves wrongly installed. It is very important to get your chimney swept each year especially because...
by Alfred Poppins | Sep 22, 2019 | News
We recently went to a job in Great Easton for a customer who had purchased a house and wanted a sweep and inspection of the fireplaces in the property. We could see straight away that one of the fireplaces wasn’t fixed as it should be and had been spilling into...
by Alfred Poppins | Sep 7, 2019 | News
When using your wood burning stove it is important that the wood you burn has a moisture content below 20%. Burning dry wood instead of wet wood really has a great impact on the environment. Burning wet wood increases emissions and has a greater impact on air quality....
by Alfred Poppins | Sep 4, 2019 | News
Today we are clearing a HUGE nest in a chimney. Fortunately this house is being renovated so access to it is easy. The nest is a jackdaw nest and they commonly nest from March through to July/August. It is an offence to remove the nest during nesting season unless you...
by Alfred Poppins | Sep 3, 2019 | News
We had a customer who wanted to retain the original features of of their peiod fireplace but at the same time get the efficiency of a modern wood burning stove. We had just the stove for the job… The Contura i4 inset stove is designed to fit into narrow...
