by Alfred Poppins | Mar 4, 2015 | News
We have been very busy in to the new year with lots of chimney sweeping and wood burner & multifuel installations. Have you been thinking of having a stove in your home? Take a look through our gallery and see if you like what we do.
by Alfred Poppins | May 6, 2014 | News
Household coal and smokeless fuels should not be burnt in a wood-burner… the hint is in the name. Wood is burnt on a flat floored stove, whereas multi-fuel burning takes place on a raised grate. The reason for this is that wood fuel requires air from above to...
by Alfred Poppins | Aug 9, 2013 | News
The carbon footprint is already down. Wood is the Alpha-Material. Being the only 100% renewable material grown by solar power, needing very little or no irrigation, needing generally no pesticides or herbicides to grow and requiring very little disturbance of the soil...
by Alfred Poppins | Jun 28, 2013 | News
No you don’t, unless the fireplace flue liners are cracked and/or the mortar is cracked and falling out from inbetween the flue liners. You may want to inspect it yourself, if you know what to look for or you can pay a chimney sweep company to inspect it for you...
by Alfred Poppins | Jun 19, 2013 | News
When you call Alfred Poppins chimney sweeping not only do we just sweep the chimney we check that the fire is safe for you and your family. Recently we have been attending jobs with installs that are unsafe and not fit for use. When this is the case we issue a warning...