North-West Chimney Sweep & Flue Cleaning

North-West Chimney Sweep & Flue Cleaning Flue Cleaner/Chimney sweep & woodheater servicing. (Repairs and maintenance.) North-West Tasmania.

10/12/2025

CHECK THIS OUT!!! 😳👎 What a doozey!

Anyone that knows anything about flue installations will be shocked by this one! I noticed it was all 'so very wrong' a...
09/12/2025

Anyone that knows anything about flue installations will be shocked by this one! I noticed it was all 'so very wrong' as soon as I drove into the property. 😩👎

Problem 1: The inner flue was installed upside down. (The flue cap was jammed into the crimped end which should be down in the heater)
Problem 2: The installer decided not to bother installing an outer flue kit. (8" and 10") It should be triple skinned right through the roof).
Problem 3: Because the inner flue alone was run through the deck-tite rubber boot on the roof, it has now split due the heat allowing rain water to get into the ceiling cavity.
Problem 4: The inner flue lengths are not riveted together so they will all fall apart if it is pulled out through the roof.
..and it goes on.

If you are getting a heater installed please contact a reputable heater shop in your local area and they will put you in touch with an installer that they recommend.
Newmans Heating Shop Devonport/Burnie
Randall Heating & Ventilation Launceston
Central Coast Heat Ulverstone

20/11/2025

What a day! From metres of hay in multiple chimneys, to a heater full of dead Starlings. 😢

Birds tend to love properties that sit vacant for long periods, often to their own detriment. Poor things.

20/11/2025

I couldn't get on the roof of this incredible property in Stanley today due to the sheer height of the old stone chimneys, and the steep pitch on the roof. But I did manage to eventually get the many years worth of bird nests to come down. 😓👌
(Excuse my breathing, I am wearing a serious dust mask for this one).

21/09/2025

TIP: Bird wire can be a menace! If you do have a bird wire cage around your flue cap, be sure to get your get your flue cleaned and your heater serviced during the warmer months, and then you will be ready for next time its needed.

19/08/2025

Another one from today! ...

19/08/2025

Yuck! I found a few like this today. As the cool weather drags on, more and more flues are blocking up. The poor quality of the fire wood getting around, and super long periods of slow burning is taking its toll.

This is now the time where blocked flues and chimneys are more likely to catch fire! Don't risk trying to push your heater through to the end of the cold season if you can visually see creosote hanging out of the flue cap, or if you are getting smoke pouring into your house when you open the heater door. Its cheaper to clean a chimney than to build a new house, or replace burnt belongings.

Southern TAS Chimney Sweep : SOUTH TAS
Mr. Sweepy - MID NORTH & LAUNCESTON
North-West Chimney Sweep & Flue Cleaning NORTH WEST TAS, DELORAINE, SHEFFIELD, and surrounding areas.

22/07/2025

Another day, another heater door to seal! If your heater door seal looks anything like this one in the early stages of this video, or if your glass is loose, or is staining badly in specific places, it could be that your door or glass seal has been compromised. Feel free to give me a call, as replacing your seals will save you a lot of firewood, and improve the efficiency, and life of your wood heater.

The stages of installing a Murray Damper. This is a great product and will suit most single open fire chimneys. The da...
06/07/2025

The stages of installing a Murray Damper. This is a great product and will suit most single open fire chimneys. The damper is open and closed via a cable that runs down the inside of the chimney and is secured below.

These are a great way to keep vermin and birds out of chimneys in the off season as they can be kept shut, and are only opened when the fire is lit.

If this is something that you feel you would like to explore contact the lads at
Murray Chimney Dampers & Cowls and they will send you the product directly.

It's been an interesting week on the chimney cleaning front! Tassie is cooling down quickly, and the phone calls have b...
24/05/2025

It's been an interesting week on the chimney cleaning front! Tassie is cooling down quickly, and the phone calls have been heating up! 🔥 Thank you so much for your patience if you have been waiting for a while, as I have been run off my feet.

Here is what I have been finding of late...CHUNKY!

I cleaned a flue on a house that had been empty for some years. But, I will spare you the photos of the over 80 Starlings, and Black birds that I found fused together into a stinking mass of skeletons, along with the countless beaks and feet of all the other birds that had fully decayed over some time.
If you have a home sitting empty, that has a chimney or flue, it is a good idea to block it off with some bird wire, or something else, as dormant flues will almost certainly become a death trap for birds, and possums.

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Latrobe, TAS
7307

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+61419103537

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