Caravan Monster 323 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 25 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said: Dam right......same with the mole catching! Our kid hasn't paid to much as he got some help being ex forces. Said he learnt more from his assessor today than on the course. He's got someone else he's been going out with as well and customers are queuing up for him so he's hoping he can build it up slowly with experience from a side line to something more The chimney sweeping is the easy bit, he'll pick it up as he goes. It's the selling and co-ordinating work that you have to get right. To make proper money, getting jobs at the same time in the same place is critical. People in the same street who know each other is ideal. That way everyone who is out at work will leave their keys with old Mrs Miggins at number 10 who will let the sweep in and the sweep can get 6 to 8 jobs done by lunch time at £45 each. I think you need to be in the right part of the country to succeed. My part of the country there's loads of pipe gas and smokeless zones and not much community being London commuter belt, it's not too good. I would imagine the former mining / industrial areas would be best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,570 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 I think he will do OK, we are in a good spot and have a few good ways to advertise and find work. He's also got a good full time job so he's got no risk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,608 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Get mine done twice a year in fact just got it done other week. According to the sweep my chimney is never that bad. Mind you 90%of my fuel is smokeless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,570 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 I know a farmer who only burns cut up wooden window frames, covered in years of gloss paint......he says he has only set his chimney on fire twice in 15 years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,450 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 10 hours ago, Caravan Monster said: To be fair, there are a few things to know before starting out chimney sweeping, but the training centres take the p1ss. I could teach the course content in a morning, but they stretch it out for 3 days to justify the cost of the course. The assessment is a part of the process of fleecing another few hundred a year in return for dicking around with pointless paper work. What insurers and conveyancers want to see is a form detailing how the chimney was swept and any problems, to cover themselves. The chimney sweep can make their own forms, they don't need to be part of an association or to have their forms. There's a load of these training centres/associations been set up around the country (not just chimney sweeping, all sorts of trades) because it's a feck sight easier money than the job itself. Cheers and sorry for taking the thread somewhat off topic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 24,883 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, DIDO.1 said: I know a farmer who only burns cut up wooden window frames, covered in years of gloss paint......he says he has only set his chimney on fire twice in 15 years As a kid growing up before heating, when open fires and stoves were the only heat source in a house, chimney fires were common but never seemed to come to anything, a nieghbour would knock the door tell you your chimney was on fire, and you simply put your board over the fireplace to cut off the air or a small amount of water in a stove to form a steam cloud which would put it out, today people call the fire brigade who stuff a high powered hose down the chimney and flood your house with 10 00000 gallons of water leaving you with a massive mess and an expensive insurance claim, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 20,570 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 My mate gets his wife to boom him up on the forklift then sticks his hose down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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