“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
—Benjamin Franklin
With a vast range of experiences throughout my career, it is a joy of mine to share them with you; whether you’re someone aspiring to further their career in the fireplace industry or an outsider to the industry altogether who stumbled upon my posts, I’m happy you’re here.
RECENT BLOG POSTS:
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Work-Life Balance or Integration | Are You Open to Reinterpretation?
Could we be misconstruing the idea of work-life balance from its original intent? Is it possible that the presence of…
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Handwerk | Tools of the German Trade
This article was first published in the June 2024 issue of Sweeping Magazine; you can view the article here. So…
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Why I Left My Business for Six Months | Trade Entrepreneur Podcast Feature
Recently, Byron was featured on the Trade Entrepreneur Podcast to discuss his experience leaving behind his U.S.-based national chimney sweep…
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A Visit to the Mr. Soot Training Centre in Wigan, England | Feature in Fireplace Specialist Magazine
While exploring chimney sweep practices across Europe—Austria, Germany, France, and Switzerland—I made sure to stop in England and learn about…
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Chimney Construction Contrasted USA vs Europe
Austrian castles, German Castles, English Royalty and Peasant fireplaces. Chimney construction contrasted in the USA vs Europe is a subject…
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Chimney Sweeping in Austria
An American chimney sweep’s perspective. My experience sweeping chimneys in Austria centered in the old capitol itself – the heart…
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Chimney Sweeping in Germany
As an American chimney sweep I was very interested to know how the German chimney sweeps performed their work. What…
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Generational, Healthy, Integrated, Family-Owned Niche Businesses
In Germany there is a name for these businesses. The Mittelstand. In future articles we will discuss the German Mittelstand…