by Alfred Poppins | Jul 7, 2014 | News
You need to know if you are in a smoke control area or not as you cannot burn wood if you are. but don’t panic there’s a way around it. If you are in a Smoke Control Area then you can only burn authorised fuels (generally just smokeless fuels, although the list is...
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 | Mar 17, 2014 | News
A multi-fuel stove can burn wood as well as solid fuels such as coal, however you cannot burn coal on a dedicated wood burning stove. Wood burns best on a bed of ash and burns from the top downwards, because of this dedicated wood burning stoves do not require...
by Alfred Poppins | Mar 17, 2014 | News
The most common cause of chimney fires is infrequent cleaning and sweeping. Chimney sweeping is important. In order to enable your appliance to ‘breathe’ efficiently it is absolutely essential that you do not allow soot or ash to build up where it can hinder or...
by Alfred Poppins | Apr 14, 2013 | News
Most people have the image of Dick Van Dyke in their mind at the mention of Chimney Sweeps, yet their profession has seldom been a lucky one. Their work, Often done by children, was extremely dangerous and often fatal. In recent times, the industry has also been hit...
