Birds nests
Jackdaws will fill a pot in a season. It is the most common reason a fire suddenly smokes back into the room.
Sheets down before anything starts, and the soot leaves in a bag rather than across the carpet.
Sheets go down and the hearth is sealed before a brush goes near the flue, so the soot goes into the vacuum instead of into the room.
The flue is swept its full length, the appliance is put back together, and the hearth is left as it was found.
Jackdaws will fill a pot in a season. It is the most common reason a fire suddenly smokes back into the room.
Once a flue is cleared, a cowl keeps the birds and the rain out of it. Worth doing at the same visit.
A certificate is issued at the end of the visit with the date, the appliance and the work done on it. Most people never think about it until the insurer asks.
No prices are published anywhere, and we will not guess at them. Send your figures, even a from-price for a single open fire, and they go on the page. People ring far more readily when they have some idea first.
Worth adding once you confirm them: