Chimney Sweeping
To keep your Flue (chimney) in the best possible condition, you need to ensure you regularly have your chimney swept. At Capel Chimney Sweeps, our professional team ensure your Flue (chimney) is clean and safe to use.
We're highly experienced in providing chimney sweeping services to both residential and commercial clients. Using a combination of the best of traditional methods and the very latest power sweeping Technology, we offer the most efficient method for your individual Flue (Chimney). Whatever type of chimney you have, and no matter how old it is, our chimney sweeps will leave it perfectly clean and safe to use.
When we sweep your chimney, we first put down dust sheets and seal off your fireplace/appliance. This is to prevent soot and debris entering the room, before we leave we make sure everything is clean and ready to go.
After we've swept your chimney, we will issue you with a insurance company recognised certificate which is also backed by a nationally recognised trade association, which your insurance company may require to satisfy their requirements for keeping your insurance valid. This is also perfect for keeping records of when your chimney requires its next scheduled maintenance
Bird Guard installation & specialist cowls
There are a wide range of specialist cowls and bird guards on the market designed to help rectify numerous different problems. Our team are vastly experienced in choosing and fitting the correct one for your flue's (chimney) needs.
We will always use the cost effective access solution for fitting, in a lot of cases this will simply be a ladder, however a cherry picker or scaffolding maybe required.
Bird nest removal
With warmth and shelter, birds love setting up home in chimneys. Unfortunately this can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, chimney fires, dangerous blockages and infestations. There are restrictions when nests can be removed, however some exceptions can be made to this is if is your only source of heating or hot water supply. Nesting season is mid March until August or when the chicks have fledged.
Ways to spot that birds could be nesting in your chimney include: feathers, twigs, debris or bird droppings falling into your fireplace or stove, the very obvious sound of birds tweeting or chirping.
It may seem cruel to clear your chimney of nests and pests, but they can lead to blockages in the chimney, fires and health issues - and this can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. At Capel Chimney Sweeps we regularly clear out nests for our clients, helping them to maintain a clear chimney. We have a variety of specialist birds nest removal tools which work efficiently to remove the problematic nest as part of the process of removing a nest a CCTV inspection will be required to make sure all debris nest materials are removed.
After removal of a nest, we can install the appropriate bird guard to discourage further nesting.
Co Alarm Installation
The importance of carbon monoxide detection can not be stressed highly enough, it is a potentially life threatening risk. It is also something checked when providing a certificate, which insurance companies will want to see.
Fault finding and rectification
Chimney faults diagnosis and solutions is considered by some to be a black art, however really it’s all just science and a lot of small variables that need to be considered.
At Capel Chimney sweeps we have over 40 years experience and a vast array of equipment to help us efficiently reach a solution and plan a course of action to get you back up and running.
An example of some of the commonly found faults:
Insufficient up draft
Down drafting
Incorrect pot termination
Bird nesting
Insufficient air for complete combustion
