Get the chimney swept before you light it.
Sweeps, stove fitters, showrooms and log suppliers near you in Wiltshire and Somerset, each checked on its own website, plus the rules for dry logs, stoves and sweeping.
Guides and checks
Buying logs
The Ready to Burn check
Bags and loads under 2 cubic metres must be certified at 20% moisture or less. Check what the seller should show you, what kiln-dried and seasoned mean, and how to test logs at home.
Buying a stove
A stove for a West Country home
Smoke control areas council by council, Ecodesign and exempt stoves, sizing, registered installers, building regulations and carbon monoxide alarms.
Sweeping
How often should you sweep?
The bodies don't agree. For wood, the figures range from once a year to every three months. See them side by side.
Sweeps, fitters and logs near you
164 firms we've checked on their own websites. Add your postcode to sort by distance, or pick what you need. Not every firm in the area, and we say so.
These are the ones we've checked so far, each from its own website (checked 17/10/2026), not every one in the area. Missing one? Tell us.
How often should you sweep a chimney for wood?
Here's what each body says, in its own words. NACS says the right interval depends on the fuel, the appliance, how long it's used, how wet the wood is and the type of chimney, and that your sweep can advise.NACS advice
Quarterly when in use
NACS, sweeps' trade association
Every three months
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue, fire and rescue service
At least twice a year
HETAS, solid fuel trade body
Twice a year when used regularly
Institute of Chimney Sweeps, sweeps' trade body
At least once a year (any fuel)
Defra, government department
Other fuels, when to book and sweeping certificates: How often should you sweep your chimney?
The sweeping year
The busiest months are September, October and November. A gentle nudge: book a little ahead of them.
- Januarynow
- Februarynow
- Marchnow
- Aprilnow
- Maynow
- Junenow
- Julynow
- Augustnow
- September, busiestnow
- October, busiestnow
- November, busiestnow
- Decembernow
Busiest months, as we expect them. It's our estimate of when people look for a sweep, not a count of bookings.
A once-a-year reminder is planned. It isn't ready yet.
The firms we've checked: 14 so far
This is not every sweep or stove fitter in Wiltshire and Somerset. It's the 14 we've looked into. For each membership a firm claims, we looked for it on the trade body's own register. 7 of the 14 have at least one membership we found on a register.
To search more widely, use the bodies' own registers: HETAS, National Association of Chimney Sweeps, Association of Professional and Independent Chimney Sweeps, Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps and Sweep Safe.
| Firm | Based in | Memberships, and where we found them |
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| C.B. Chimney Services | Chiseldon |
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| Four Seasons Chimney Services | Taunton |
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| Hot Flue | Bath |
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| I J Marshman | Trowbridge |
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| Jon Clark Chimney Sweep | Taunton |
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| Samson Chimney Sweep | Swindon |
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| Soot Busters | Bath |
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| Sooty Brushes | Calne | None we could source |
| South West Stoves Ltd | Shepton Mallet | None we could source |
| TCB Stoves & Sweep | Chippenham |
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| The Flue Man | Clevedon | None we could source |
| The Somerset Stove Company | Wedmore |
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| The Sweeping Company | Shepton Mallet |
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| Tom Sweep Chimney Services | Yeovil |
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Checked 14/10/2026. "On its register" means the body's register lists the firm with a matching phone number or website. "Named on a register entry" means another body's register entry names the membership. "Firm's own site only" means we couldn't find a matching register entry, so check with the body.
Our promises
Memberships you can check
Each membership links to the page we found it on.
The list can't be bought
Sweeps can't pay to come first.
Sweeps can update us
We re-check any change before it shows.