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Nomination, voting and election procedures 2020

14 January, 2020

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...

Rear flue outlet connections

Guild technical director Steven Howard explains rear outlet flue connections. Following numerous discussions and feedback from chimney sweeps relating to the use of 45-degree bends off the rear of an appliance, here I can hopefully explain things more clearly....

Our Future – The Professional Chimney Sweeping Industry

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...

Dying for a sweep

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...