by Alfred Poppins | Nov 1, 2021 | News
Today we have been sweeping and testing a couple of chimneys in Rutland. The homeowner hadn’t used the chimneys since buying the house several years ago. Advanced chimney camera. With the high rising cost of gas the homeowner wanted to bring the fireplaces back...
by Alfred Poppins | May 18, 2016 | News
Now the burning season is almost at an end, is it time to get your chimney swept? If your chimney has a nest in, chances are there are now fledglings in there and we will have to wait until July/August to remove it until they have flown the nest. Nests in chimneys...
by Alfred Poppins | May 11, 2015 | News
A teenager who moved into a summerhouse in his parents’ garden for more independence died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a wood-burning stove he and his father fitted, an inquest heard. Declan Oliver, 19, installed the stove with his father Ian to heat the...
by Alfred Poppins | Sep 11, 2014 | News
People with open fires are being urged to call in the chimney sweeps in the coming weeks to avoid catastrophe this winter. Chimney fires happen about once a week in the county and are caused by part-burned material building up in the flue and catching fire. This week...
by Alfred Poppins | Jan 7, 2014 | News
Dominic Ridgers aged 10. He died from carbon monoxide poisoning The moment Stacey Rodgers stepped into her ten-year-old son Dominic’s bedroom one cold morning, she knew immediately that something was terribly wrong. ‘Dominic was usually up before...
