Our recent installs

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.

Coal and Wood-burners DO NOT Mix

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...

Benefits of burning wood

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...

Fire safety and chimney checks.

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...