Sparkling Flues

Thank you to everybody who entered our recent competition to win 10 bags of kiln dried logs. The lucky winner was 🌟Stacey Daly🌟from Manchester.
Watch out for our next competition coming soon!! 😀🎩
Thank you again for all your entries!

It’s been a very busy week this week and made a little hard with the very hot weather we’ve been so lucky to encounter ☀️😅.
I won’t complain of course because there are firefighters that are working on the moorland around us at the moment in extreme conditions.
It’s great to see lots of our customers and of course some wonderful new customers having their chimneys and appliance serviced in readiness for the heating season!
... Don’t forget to book in for your summer sweep and service!! ☀️😎🎩
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It’s Clean Air Day today - so here’s a handy video on how to reduce emissions from your stove. We all breathe the same air 😊👍🔥

⭐️⭐️Competition time!! ⭐️⭐️
We’re giving away 10 netted bags of kiln dried logs!! Worth over £50!! 😃
Please like, share and comment to be in with a chance of winning!
... Good luck everyone! 👍🎩
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This inspection was carried out a while ago. The video shows the result of a smoke evacuation check undertaken. You can clearly see that the brickwork was in a serious condition and the midfeathers between one of the flues had completely collapsed, smoke can be seen entering the separate flues. Having appliances and chimneys regularly checked is important to identify any potential problems.

Great day today visiting the Hearth and Home Show. Meeting the manufacturers of some of the latest and up and coming stoves. There are some fantastic appliances available now that meet new legislations in 2022. It was also great to catch up with some of our fellow sweep friends Katie Sweep and David Soot. We’ve come away from the show with some great ideas, products and plans! 😀🎩

Another training day today. We’ve been learning more about the creosote treatment which we currently provide, and the Eldfast ceramic chimney lining system. Quite an educational day out. Great to meet some of our fellow sweeps 😊🎩

Good evening,
You may have received emails regarding the new Data Protection Bill and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that has meant a change in the laws regarding data protection in the UK. Our business is no exception to this regulation.
We will be contacting every customer over to the next few days either via email, messaging or post with regards to the information we hold and your consent to opt in to our reminder service.
... Although some of you that follow us on our Facebook page are not existing customers we still wish to be transparent in how we use personal data and what your rights are with regards to that data.
The new Data Protection laws Under the new data protection laws, ‪from the 25th May 2018‬ companies that use your personal data need to provide clear information on:
* Your increased rights in relation to the information held about you
* The types of data collected, how it is used and how long it will be kept for
* The legal grounds for how your data is used
We must keep your data secure and employ secure systems to keep data safe while processing it. We have updated our Privacy Policy http://www.sparklingflues.co.uk/privacypo licy.html on our website to provide the above information and an explanation about how we use personal data.
At Sparkling Flues we take data protection very seriously so you can be reassured that the information we have about you is in good hands.
Many thanks Emma
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Good evening all,
It’s a bit of a lengthy post, but nevertheless an important one at the same time. For those customers that already have a stove or open fire if you know of any friends or relatives that are intending on having a solid fuel appliance please take a read.
I've visited number of customers recently that are renovating their house and in particularly wishing to have an stove installed. They have wanted the chimney to be swept in readiness for a stove and thinkin...g of installing it themselves.
Please be very careful, solid fuel appliances must be installed by a verified competent person for example a HETAS engineer, or certified by a building inspector if independently fitted. An engineer will issue you with a Certificate of Compliance (Building Regulation Compliance Certificate) on the completion of installation work.
The certificate demonstrates that the installation complies with the relevant Building Regulations. The information on the certificate is used to record your installation, and used to notify the Local Authority. This self certification takes the place of a Local Authority Building Notice.
The information can be required to validate your home insurance and will be required in any home selling process. Failure to notify the Local Authority can be an offence resulting in enforcement action.
As always, take care, stay safe and ensure those chimneys are regularly swept 🔥🎩 #sparklingflues
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It’s not just masonry chimneys that need to be regularly swept, metal flue systems do too......#chimneyfire

We’ve had a few enquiries recently regarding the noise of birds in their chimneys or that birds are dropping twigs down the chimney. This is a common occurrence this time of the year as we are now in the nesting season.
This little fella in the photo was a pigeon that we rescued recently that had unfortunately found its way down into the fireplace! Luckily they don’t nest in the chimney. The pigeon was fine, a little stunned but flew off and didn’t look back 😀
But now tha...t the bird nesting season is upon us now if you suspect the presence of birds nesting in your chimney, or nesting material in the fireplace. Please do not attempt to clear it from your chimney by lighting a fire, you will simply fill your home with smoke or you could cause a chimney fire.
There is only one safe way to clear a nest or other blockage from your chimney and that's to have it removed properly and safely by a competent person with appropriate equipment and knowledge.
The most common birds are jackdaws and starlings that like to nest in chimneys. Even birds that have built nests previously in your chimney will often return the following year to nest in the same place.
If you leave it to the middle of March it will be too late as it is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to destroy or remove a nest while it is in use. Unfortunately you will have to wait until the end of August to remove the nest.
The Law states the following:
The Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 & Protection of Birds Act 1954 The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is the primary legislation which protects animals, plants, and certain habitats in the UK. All birds, their nests and eggs are protected by law and the penalties for deliberately destroying active nests are now quite severe. The maximum penalty that can be imposed for an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act - in respect of a single bird, nest or egg - is a fine of up to £5,000, and/or six months imprisonment. 🎩🦅😃
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Lovely reviews this week. I really do appreciate them, thank you 😊
“Put the cleaning off for ages, worrying about the possible mess and chimney having small opening. Emma, you are a star, no mess , no fuss, perfect service...many many thanks, could not be more pleased. Joe and Marguerite”
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“Definitely recommend Emma/Sparkling Flues to anyone .... great communication, fantastic and friendly service. Certificate of Chimney Sweeping given with any safety advice needed. Our fireplace was spotless after. Will definitely be asking Emma back next time”
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Quite a busy week this week. We attended the annual Guild of Master Sweeps Exhibition last weekend. It was lovely to meet our fellow sweeps and great suppliers. I took my little trainees with me this time!
It was also lovely to receive a certificate for my Master Sweep status.
Following our evening dinner we were all given a 100 Dollar note (a pretend one) to play with and invited to attend the casino. I must say, I wasn’t particularly successful 😂.
... The weekend soon past though and we were back to visiting our lovely customers 😃 🎩
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Brrrr...it’s a cold one tonight ❄️ and what a disruptive day it’s been....I’ll be glad when it’s all disappeared. Thank you to those understanding customers today! Do we have our fires lit this evening??

Hello all,
As you may be aware there has been a lot of talk recently in the media about the use of wood burning appliances and open fires. I am often asked if the Government are going to ban wood burning stoves or open fires, and I see some customers quite concerned over these speculations.
In a latest publication from DEFRA they state “We are not considering banning domestic burning. The Government recognises that many households have installed wood-burning stoves, and the ...Government is not seeking to prevent their use or installation. But we are keen to encourage consumers to switch to cleaner wood burning, this will directly benefit consumers in their homes, as well as improving the local environment.”
DEFRA are currently seeking evidence from businesses like ourselves within the industry and data on the use of solid fuels such as house coal, smokeless coal, manufactured solid fuels and wet wood for domestic heating. The Government’s long term strategy is to see households move away from these polluting fuels towards cleaner technologies.
DEFRA have recently produced a practical guidance to encourage clean burning to the public. Please try to take the time to read this.
https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/…/171204120 0_171010_open_fires_…
As you know we do try to encourage the use of good quality dry wood and smokeless fuels, as well as ensuring your appliances and chimneys are regular swept and maintained. As we have mentioned before burning wood with high moisture content generates little heat as most of the energy is being used to drive off the moisture in the form of water vapour and steam. This mixes with the resins and products of combustion to create tar that can damage the appliance and block the flue, which in turn risk the dangers of a chimney fire or fumes escaping back into the room.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. And don’t forget that annual sweep 🎩 #chimneysweep #sparklingflues
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I am so pleased to have gained the first ever female ‘Master Chimney Sweep’ status at the Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps today!
I continue to pride myself on being a professional organisation, improving skills and services through investing in valuable training as well as continuous professional development ensuring that we will continue to exceed the standard! 👩🏻 🎩
Thank you for all your support!!

Not a very good housewarming present for these customers recently. If you are purchasing a property it is always advisable to ask for any solid fuel appliance to be checked by a qualified professional including a full camera inspection. Very often they are overlooked by surveyors.

Great advice from Katie Sweep on not storing wood next to the stove, it can and does happen....🔥

I hope you’ve had a good Christmas and New Year.
Now the decorations are taken down just a thought if you're thinking of what to do with your old Christmas tree. Please don't use it for firewood! Pine wood has an exceptionally high resin content; this resin becomes creosote (tar) when burnt and is very likely to ‘tar up’ the flue. Also the needles and small branches may ‘flare’ when burnt and could ignite any residual soot or tar in the chimney🎄🔥

Well that’s it, rods and brushes have been cleaned and put away for 2017 whilst we spend some much deserved time with our family 😀.
We’d like to thank you all for your support this year, and wish you the most Sparkling Christmas and New Year 😁🎄 🎉
See you all again in 2018!

We had our chimney swept and you'd never know they were here. Absolutely lovely people and a fantastic job done. I would recommend to anyone who needs a chimney sweep or a stove/fire installation. Thank you for a fab job and a great customer experience. 5 doesn't even come close.

Thanks, Emma, for a lovely clean and thorough job! Our log burner is well shiny now. It was also great to get some advice from you regarding the type of fuel, cheers for the handy tips.

Thank you Emma & husband for sweeping my chimney of Friday. This is the first sweep I have had since having no my stove installed last year. You put me at total ease and left my home with a sparkling stove! Highly recommend and I will see you in autumn.

Put the cleaning off for ages, worrying about the possible mess and chimney having small opening.

Emma, you are a star, no mess , no fuss, perfect service...many many thanks, could not be more pleased.

Joe and Marguerite

Lovely team who did a very efficient job and offered further advice. Would definitely recommend!

I have been extremely impressed and happy with the professional, timely service provided by Emma and her husband. Unfortunately they had to break news to me that my chimney needed lining (I have recently moved into a property with an existing stove), and thank goodness they did as I now have safe, clean and working wood burner! Not only were they thorough they took the time to explain everything to me (as a newbie to woodburners) and they managed to line my chimney with 2 days notice, in time for my carpets going down. What a fantastic service and lovely people. Thank you :) Hannah

Hi. Had my chimney swept today. Fantastic service. Stove was cleaned and looks amazing. No mess or anything. Great advice given on how to care for my stove. Can't recommend enough. Vivien

Had my chimney swept by sparkling Flues, and we were extremely Happy with the excellent job by the couple who work together, no mess no fuss just a top rate clean up would recommend, Already passed there name on to my Son Thanks again Top job and we even got a certificate for insurance purpose

Great service from Emma. Turned up on time, swept my chimney with little or no mess and gave me some advice on flue liners. Also very reasonably priced and I would highly recommend Sparkling Flues.

Fantastic service provided by Emma. Very professional and no mess left behind. Would highly recommend �

Fantastic service provided by Emma. After swapping to an open fire and putting up with debris falling down every day I've not seen a thing since, really professional and great advice given for future proofing my chimney, thanks again and I will be using you again in the future and would highly recommend you to anyone looking for a similar job

Fabulous service from this lovely lady would highly recommend if you need your chimney sweeping- very efficient and helped us understand the importance of correct air flow to get the best from the fire

Emma, thank you for coming and doing the stunning job for us. It was so quick and clean! And your husband's advice on installing our stove was also very valuable. Thank you so much. We will be using your service every time we need to have our chimney swept! Take care :)

Emma was on time, professional and you would not have known she'd been the fireplace and carpet was spotless. Already have a note in the diary for next year's chimney sweep.

Professional, personable and knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend Emma and Sparkling Flues.

Emma is brilliant - a lady chimney sweep - bring on the girl power!! � When I first found out I needed the chimney swept I was picturing a lounge filled with dust and soot - I was totally wrong! Emma tirned up with her fancy Hoover-looking machine and a dust sheet. There wasn't a speck of dirt visible when she'd left! She's extremely knowledgeable and friendly, and her service comes with a reasonable fee. I definitely won't be using anyone else in future! Thank you Emma!

Emma at Sparkling Flues made cleaning our chimney seem effortless and easy. There was no mess at all, minimum fuss and really good value for money - Emma is a lovely person, checks all the details and is very professional.

Definitely recommend Emma/Sparkling Flues to anyone .... great communication, fantastic and friendly service. Certificate of Chimney Sweeping given with any safety advice needed. Our fireplace was spotless after. Will definitely be asking Emma back next time �

Can't recommend Emma enough. Very easy to sort an appointment for her to come round, friendly and efficient service from start to finish. She sorted our blocked chimney easily and left the room just as she found it. She gave lots of helpful tips also. I will definitely use Emma again and recommend to friends and family without hesitation.

Brilliant service. Really pleased. I was amazed how clean and tidy the living room was afterwards too- I thought I would have had to do at least a little bit of vacuuming, but no!