C.S. Chimney Services

11/05/2024

Here is a refurb of a Stanley Oisin that was in desperate need of some TLC.
Before and after video

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25/10/2022

Another liner damaged due to overfiring.

25/10/2022

☆☆DANGER STOP☆☆
Please stop storing/drying timber next to your stove. This person was very lucky that the whole lot didn't go up in flames along with there house.
Photo credit another sweep.

07/02/2022

Remains of birds taken from an uncovered chimney pot.
Before the nesting season begins cover your pots with the appropriate covers.

10/05/2021

Flexi liner to near the source of heat. Its starting to break down.

14/01/2021

A peice of concrete lodged in the flue.
Partial blockage, good job they had a detector

22/12/2019

The danger of carbon monoxide first hand.

Following a call for a Carbon Monoxide Alarm this week which turned out to be a genuine CO build up in the house caused by a crack in the rear of a Stove we ask everybody to regularly check your stove for cracks and make sure all the fittings are tight and there are no gaps and of course that your stove flue is cleaned regularly by a competent chimney sweep.
In this instance the occupant was lucky they had a working CO Alarm fitted and they recognised the signs and symptoms of possible CO poisoning and alerted us immediately, opened all the windows and doors, extinguished the fire in the stove and got some fresh air.

If you suspect that you or someone in your home may be suffering from exposure to carbon monoxide, go outside or where there is plenty of ventilation and contact emergency services immediately. The following are common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning:
• A headache
• Fatigue
• Nausea
• Dizziness
• Shortness of breath
• Disorientation
• Vomiting
• Loss of consciousness

Please share and be Carbon Monoxide aware.

18/01/2019

More problems...

03/11/2018

A nice haul of nesting materials in a flue servicing a gas fire. Carbon monoxide detector was going crazy.

11/10/2018

Another nest cleared today. And a wonder why the detector was going off.

08/10/2018

Flexi liner off back of stove disintegrates.