Chimney sweeping - how much?

[davetaz]

Just had a sweep round to clean out chimney for log-burner and flue from wood-burning Raburn, £30 each! Is that too much? It only took about 20-25 minutes for each one.

£60/hour and all you need is a small van, good vacuum and a set of rods with two sizes of brushes and a few dust sheets

[Joy Yeomans]

we usually do ours ourselves - but odd times mr logbaron cant be bothered - the local sweep charges £25 to sweep chimney and clean the stanley (like an aga)

[Alinicoll]

Thats about what you`d pay round my way too.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I think he should be charging more

 

It only take a soot mark on the carpet for him to be totally out of pocket

[woodworm]

I think thats a fair price. If he told you the price before he came round you must have been happy with it, if he didn't you should have asked. If the chimneys had been packed with soot and had taken him 1 1/2 hours you would have been as happy as larry, the fact that it took him under an hour you are disappointed. Its his gain but you have lost nothing. I'm not trying to be funny about it, its just my thoughts. We pay 35 to have our chimney done and I think its good value even though he usually gets about a pyrex jugful of soot out each year.

[nepia]

We were quoted £60 for a woodburner flue but as the man had to disconnect the burner and drag it out (due to muppet installation) he only asked £45. I think you've got no quibble.

[Jon Lad]

We pay £35 to get ours done and he's usually done in 30-40 minutes. Cheaper than a chimney fire though.

[skyhuck]

Just had a sweep round to clean out chimney for log-burner and flue from wood-burning Raburn, £30 each! Is that too much? It only took about 20-25 minutes for each one.

£60/hour and all you need is a small van, good vacuum and a set of rods with two sizes of brushes and a few dust sheets

 

You sould like some of the custmers I've come across in the past:thumbdown:

 

So he was on site for half an hour and charged £30 and you think thats his wage:001_rolleyes:

 

So he does not get paid to travel to site??, answer the phone when you rang him??, clean his gear at the end of the day??

 

And what about his pension??, holiday pay??, sick pay?? tax??

[Ian C]

We pay £35 to get ours done and he's usually done in 30-40 minutes. Cheaper than a chimney fire though.

 

Same here, to be honest i dont mind paying 50 quid to have it done, its only once a year and deans right a bit of soot and in the wrong house all hell would break out. cant be bothered to do it myself, getting rods and soof everywhere, we harp on about getting a "pro" in so 50 quid to have the chinney cleaned is spot on.

[slasherscot]

always did my chimney myself from the top using the ordinary rods, now the stoves in , been pricing up the flexy rod for sweeping from the bottom. £11 +vat a rod 7or 8 rods plus brush and adapter. take a few sweeps to pay for itself