NACS registered · Fully insured · Free smoke draw test and certificate included
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NACS registered · Fully insured · Free smoke draw test and certificate included
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NACS registered · Fully insured
NACS registered chimney sweeping for coal fires and coal-burning stoves across Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire. Free smoke draw test, certificate issued on the day. From £75.
Bituminous coal is the heaviest-sooting fuel in common use. It builds a thick, dense deposit quickly, and a flue burning it needs sweeping twice a year — not annually.
Smokeless fuels are cleaner, but there is a persistent and expensive misconception that they do not need sweeping at all. They do, at least once a year. Smokeless deposits are finer but they still accumulate, and a flue nobody has looked at in five years is a flue nobody knows the condition of.
A great deal of housing across Greater Manchester was built for coal and then left unused for decades once gas central heating arrived. Those flues are now being brought back into service, and they are the ones most likely to throw up something unexpected — old soot falls, failing parging, nests, or a flue that turns out to be shared with next door.
Sweep and draw test before first lighting. And do not burn coal or smokeless fuel in an appliance designed only for wood — it produces very little heat and a great deal of soot, because the stove was never built for it.
Sheets down before we start and a HEPA filtered industrial vacuum running throughout. Every job includes a free smoke draw test and a NACS Certificate of Chimney Sweeping — which matters, because most insurers will no longer pay out on chimney fire damage without one.
Twice a year on bituminous coal. At least once a year on smokeless fuels — and yes, they genuinely do need it, whatever you may have been told.
Burning coal in an open fire and in a stove are different jobs. The stove runs more efficiently, so its flue runs cooler and deposits form sooner.
There is more on fuels, moisture content and ventilation on our safety advice page.
Whichever appliance you have, the standard is the same.
Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire. Give us your postcode and we will tell you straight away whether we can reach you.
Yes, at least once a year. It is one of the most common and most expensive misconceptions we come across. Smokeless deposits are finer but they still build up.
No. A wood-only stove is not designed for it — you will get very little heat and a great deal of soot. Check your appliance before you buy fuel for it.
From £75, including the free smoke draw test and the certificate. If the chimney has not been swept in a long time, tell us when you book so we can allow the time.
Give us your postcode, what you burn, and roughly when it was last swept — and we will give you a price and a slot.
