Winter is Coming: Is Your Chimney Ready?

As the crisp air of autumn rolls in, and the first hints of frost start creeping into the evenings, homeowners begin thinking about the warmth and comfort of a glowing fire. There’s nothing quite like the cozy ambiance of a crackling hearth during the cold months. However, before you get too comfortable lighting that first…

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Chimney Integrity Testing

Chimney Integrity Testing- Will it work this time to protect U.S. Residential Chimneys? A new chimney sweep inspection tool from Europe was released in the United States chimney inspection market last month. Dave Sudworth from Mr Soot Training Center near Manchester, England came to Denver, Colorado in June 2024 to model the proper use of…

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Handwerk: Tools of the German Trade

By Byron Schramm, Founder, Midtown Chimney Sweeps So I’m in Germany on a family sabbatical studying chimney sweeping in Europe and I’m walking around what might be described as an Ace Hardware for chimney sweeps. It’s a brick-and-mortar tool and equipment store exclusively for the hearth industry. Stocked with brushes, rods and ropes, there’s everything…

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Beau and Will with the America Chimney Sweeps banner
How to say Chimney Sweep in Italian

To stand in front of hundreds of adoring fans under a soft Italian sky is nothing short of surreal.  And yet, while none of these people actually know my name, they definitely know who I am.  I’m a chimney sweep.  Better yet, a chimney sweep’s wife. Usually in the States, when I tell people what…

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