Chimney Sweep In Hertford

As the county town of Hertfordshire, Hertford punches well above its weight for architectural character. Fore Street alone offers medieval timber frames, rare pargeted plasterwork, and the extraordinary Egyptian House from 1824, all within a few hundred yards of a Norman castle. The town has around 280 listed buildings, and the housing ranges from 15th-century timber-framed cottages tucked behind later frontages to handsome Georgian townhouses on West Street and solid Victorian terraces in the streets off Ware Road. Up in Bengeo, the Edwardian and interwar homes on the hillside enjoy some of Hertford's most desirable addresses and impressive chimney stacks to match. There's no Smoke Control Zone here, so open fires and wood-burners are widespread, particularly popular with homeowners in the older properties around the town centre conservation area. We enjoy working in Hertford because the variety is genuinely remarkable: one job might be a Georgian flue overlooking Hertford Castle's gardens, the next a Victorian terrace near Parliament Square. It's the kind of town where every chimney has a story, and we make sure each one works as well as it looks.

We're a Guild of Master Sweeps accredited company, one of a relatively small number of businesses in the UK that has earned that status. Paul, our founder, holds an NVQ Level 3 in Chimney Engineering, making him one of only five specialists at that qualification level in the entire country. We're also a Which? Trusted Trader, assessed and approved since 2015. That combination of credentials is rare in this industry. Most chimney sweeps are sole traders with no formal accreditation. When you book with SweepSmart, you're booking with a team that has put the work in.