H Firkins & Sons Chimney Training

02/01/2025

We've got a couple of prizes available (for people working in the chimney industry) - self promotion in exchange for places on courses if you will 😅

Win 1 place on the below courses - there is 1 place available at each up for grabs. Feel free to put your name down for just 1 or all 3.

Chimney Linings 1 day CPD course ( https://www.chimneytraining.co.uk/online-booking/chimney-lining-systems/ ) February 3rd

Chimneys in thatched properties course ( https://www.chimneytraining.co.uk/online-booking/chimneys-in-thatched-properties/ ) February 5th

Chimney Inspections course ( https://www.chimneytraining.co.uk/online-bH Firkins and Sonspections-report-writing/ ) March 17th

💥To enter, simply comment which course(s) you’d like to attend at our Milton Keynes training centre below. Alternatively pop us an email at [email protected] with what courses you'd like to put your name down for instead if you'd prefer. Names will be pulled randomly from a hat and you'll be contacted individually if you've won a place💥

27/10/2024

As well as our chimney lining systems course, chimney inspections course and practical service and maintenence, we've got our Chimneys in Thatched Properties course available for booking in 2025 (Please ignore the typo in the image - should say 'the' not 'there')

We've got dates in Feb March and April available, and it's our lowest price course we've done at £75 + VAT.

Rather than combine it with historic buildings or something else, we've kept it specific to chimneys and appliances in thatched properties. The expected duration is 9am start time 13:00 finish time. Location is MK8 0AD

For dates and to book online, visit:

https://www.chimneytraining.co.uk/online-booking/

19/10/2024

🔥Chimney Inspection and Report Writing🔥

On February 3rd we've got one of our chimney linings courses booked, but potentially more excitingly we've got our Chimney Inspections and Report Writing course booked on the following day.

For anybody that has attended our chimney linings course or has booked in for the chimney linings course in 2025, we've got a promo code available with a £20 discount.

This course will cover;

different types of inspection equipment
things you should have in place before inspecting chimneys
a refresh of some relevant building regs that you should know
methods of recording the information
the levels of inspection
things you should know before completing an inspection
types of inspection
writing your report

To book and find out more, click the link below or pop me a message.

https://www.chimneytraining.co.uk/online-booking/chimney-inspections-report-writing/

29/09/2024

As the colder months approach, many of us in Wirral, Chester, and Ellesmere Port turn to our trusty log burners and multi-fuel stoves to keep our homes warm and cozy.However, to get the most out of your stove, it’s essential to understand how to use the air controls effectively. Whether you’re b...

20/09/2024

Got some time on the leader board for the Rodstation vs Midtec speed sweeping challenge!

The rules are:

Use 10mm rodstation rods with their 125mm soft brush
You don't need to sheet up
Timer starts when you touch the baffle
Brush must be seen in the cowl
Timer stops when the baffle is correctly placed back into position.

I did set a time but it wasnt fastest so I decided not to share what it is 🙄

12/09/2024

Oooh - we get a mention in the Fireplace Specialist Magazine this month,

03/09/2024

Our final HETAS refresher dates of 2024 at the H Firkins and Sons Training Centre in Milton Keynes.

We have H003DS and H006 refresher courses in September, October and December. Unfortunately November is fully booked.

H003DS Refresher: £525 + VAT
H006 Refresher: £300 + VAT
H003DS & H006 joint refresher: £800 + VAT

💻 Visit www.chimneytraining.co.uk for more info and to book.

📱Or call on 07549422465

For Experienced and Aspiring Chimney Sweeps & Stove Installers

30/08/2024

Along with all of our standard content on our service and maintenance course, candidates today wanted to focus some time on changing components on Stovax stoves such as the Stockton and View.

So we did some work on the cleanburn chamber, removing and replacing the air wash, changing the grate, replacement of seals on the collar and changing the rope seals and glass.

Another good day in Milton Keynes.

23/08/2024

H003DS course this week.

The course culminated with an installation of a stove and liner using a Midtec PONTO cowl, 🐉Dragonflex🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 liner and top hat adaptor.

We were cutting closure plates, fitting closure plates, making connections to the stove, fitting a draught testing point on the connecting pipe and more.

A good but busy few days.

19/08/2024

Given you're all in the solid fuel (mostly) trade, in looking for suggestions for improvement of training.

We've added certain things into our HETAS training that others don't. Things like practical tasks on service and maintenance training like drilling out screws, cutting new threads and changing glass and rope seals. Fitting a stove and liner on H003DS installer training. On chimney sweep training getting people on site practical experience rather than them just relying on classroom training. Adding chimney system design in various scenarios to our system chimney training. Only allowing people that actively carry out the trade they're teaching to train it etc.

We'd really like suggestions from people in the trade though to help us do our best to elevate training as much as we can. So is there anything if you were in our shoes that you'd like to add to training? What do you think should be done differently that you think we could implement or should?

19/07/2024

🎉 GQA Collaboration Leads to Chimney Sweep Success - First Chimney Sweeps Gain Specialist Level 3 NVQ! 👏

Congrats to Josh Firkins of H Firkins and Sons, who is the first to achieve GQA’s Level NVQ in Inspect and Design Chimneys and Dry Solid Fuel Installations.

Read more about this qualification and how they achieved it…

www.gqaqualifications.com/news/gqa-collaboration-means-chimney-sweep-success-first-chimney-sweeps-gain-specialist-level-3-nvq/