Topic ID 1147
Can anyone recommend a good chimney sweep please?
Reply ID 13172
quote:Shambrook - he's in the yellow pages, I think. works mainly on recommendation. Booked yearly in advance but worth a try.
Originally posted by dobbin
Can anyone recommend a good chimney sweep please?
Reply ID 13179
Clean Chimneys in Waterford - 01992 550536. Been using him for years - top bloke.
Reply ID 13189
quote:Agreed - top bloke, BUT CAN'T HE TALK?!!!
Originally posted by Joby
Clean Chimneys in Waterford - 01992 550536. Been using him for years - top bloke.
Reply ID 13623
quote:Thanks Joby, he's coming on Wednesday. I have ear plugs at the ready!!!!
Originally posted by Joby
Clean Chimneys in Waterford - 01992 550536. Been using him for years - top bloke.
Reply ID 14309
quote:Did a cracking job. Arrived when he said he would and finished in half an hour. As you say - top bloke. Dobbin didn't have to use the earplugs either.
Originally posted by Joby
Clean Chimneys in Waterford - 01992 550536. Been using him for years - top bloke.
Reply ID 14310
how much??? as I need one.
Reply ID 14490
Got it done £40 good guy with a alot of rabbit!
Reply ID 17147
Can I just ask how much of a mess this makes? Is it done from above (i.e. on the roof) or below (i.e. from my living room)? I just need to know as our Chimney has had a useless display cabinet inserted where the fire would be, which we intend on removing and inserting a wood burning stove, but I need to know if my living room is going to get caked in black soot when the sweep does his job? Especially important when you have white sofas!
Reply ID 17149
quote:It's done from the inside. He builds a kind of fabric tent around the fireplace, and pushes the brush poles through a small hole in the fabric. He sweeps the chimney and then puts a powerful vacuum cleaner inside the tent and sucks out the soot. Then he removes the cloth and vacs up any errant soot - which is very little.
Originally posted by thefair1973
Can I just ask how much of a mess this makes? Is it done from above (i.e. on the roof) or below (i.e. from my living room)? I just need to know as our Chimney has had a useless display cabinet inserted where the fire would be, which we intend on removing and inserting a wood burning stove, but I need to know if my living room is going to get caked in black soot when the sweep does his job? Especially important when you have white sofas!
Reply ID 17151
so the fact that my chimney is also painted white in teh living room, will that be a shade of grey once he's finished? And it really only takes about 30 minutes? Mind you, I'm scared of removing the little display thingey and seeing what state teh previous owners left it in. It used to house a back boiler, so not sure whether it's even been blocked up. I guess there's only one way to find out really.
Reply ID 17152
quote:He's very experienced and knowledgable - explain your concerns and trust him to do the right thing.
Originally posted by thefair1973
so the fact that my chimney is also painted white in teh living room, will that be a shade of grey once he's finished? And it really only takes about 30 minutes? Mind you, I'm scared of removing the little display thingey and seeing what state teh previous owners left it in. It used to house a back boiler, so not sure whether it's even been blocked up. I guess there's only one way to find out really.