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Dear member, The Guild members will elect a new board director at the next AGM on 29th February 2020. The process of nominating, voting and electing board members is very important. In order to increase the voice of members and...

The letter below was mailed to all Guild members and circulated to sweep associations and the wider sweeping industry in July 2019. 27th July 2019 Dear Guild member You may have read, or heard, recently about proposed and emerging...

It was October, I knew I was tired, well we are all tired in October, right? I just didn’t know I was that tired. Thanks to the skill of the other driver I wasn’t T- boned when I pulled...

Sascha Meding is hanging up his brush to become the future CEO with the European steel chimney manufacturer, Eka. He’s been a well known and well liked member Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps for over 15 years and served...

Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting Chopping, stacking and drying wood the Scandinavian way Have you read it? I love this book. It contains truly excellent information for anyone with an interest in sourcing, storing and processing wood for fuel....

Please see this excellent short article on preventing  chimney fires and what to do after a chimney fire. The article is great for sharing to consumers. Remember, the advice given by professional sweeps to help prevent chimney fires is...

FANCY a trip to a stove factory? Who wouldn’t! A few weeks ago 10 intrepid Guild members visited the Charnwood factory (AJ Wells) on the Isle of Wight. Charnwood is the UK’s longest running stove manufacturer and is now...

IS Penny Robins the luckiest bride in the world? Probably, and not just because she’s been swept off her feet by new husband Murray. Penny is a chimney sweep. She runs her own business, Penny Poppins, from Southend in...

There has been long running confusion amongst chimney sweeps as to whether it is legal for them to remove “live” Jackdaw nests from chimneys. This situation was thrown into further confusion when Natural England revoked a number of general licences...

WHAT can we say? The Guild 2019 charity raffle was a great success and a new record amount raised. Twenty fantastic prize donations from stoves and rods to Flame Genies and fireside accessories.       Dust Control, Digital...