Tomáš Nocar, who operates in the Kladno, Rakovnicko and parts of Prague areas, also confirmed that the number of orders after the lockdown increased significantly.

The lack of people in the field and the unpreparedness of young chimney sweeps for the profession are seen as a great cause of the long waiting times by the Benešov chimney sweep Tomáš Pecina. “The vocational school with a chimney sweep only passes on theoretical knowledge and no longer provides practice. The new chimney sweeps are then noticeably missing from it and, as a result, they are also missing from the labor market, “Pecina remarked, adding that he has now been waiting for five weeks at the chimney. It will take the same time for the Votic chimney sweep Petr Kříž to arrive.

Dates in December are also offered by the chimney sweeps from Nymburk or Michal Frič from Prague. “The waiting time is three weeks to a month,” he said.

The good chimney sweep Kutná Hora or the Cologne chimney sweep Cepek already report that they even have their first free dates in January 2022. “We don’t have it until the end of the year, it’s the same every year, people solve it at the last minute,” said Martin Cepek. Those interested in the services of Kominictví Pechlát z Všechrom will now have to wait until almost mid-January.

Checking and cleaning the flue gas path for a thousand

It is usually checked and the cleaning of the flue gas path, including confirmation, can be obtained around a thousand and with transport. Central Bohemian and Prague chimney sweeps try to keep prices, at least for this regular service. Conversely, in operations where they depend on the material, the increase in price is manifested. “We did not increase the price of our work as such. The only thing that goes up is the price of the material. For example, in terms of lining, it became more expensive by some five to six thousand crowns, if I give you an example with an average chimney, which is about ten meters. Even before the covid, I increased the price of only a hundred inspections and cleaning for about 15 years for 180 crowns, “described the chimney sweep Martina Chotová Wimmerová from Praskoles.

Tomáš Nocar from Řevníkov is also preparing for the increase. “So far we keep the prices the same, but the increase will not be avoided from next year either,” the man said, in the family chimney sweep the price for checking and cleaning the flue gas path determines the degree of pollution and the easiest access to the chimney.

The changes in prices for next year are also confirmed by the cancer chimney sweeps. “We haven’t risen in price yet, but we’re getting ready, because everything is going up,” confirmed Diana Staňková from the ROL chimney sweep, stating that the prices for checking and cleaning the flue gas path at them start at 450 crowns.

This year, the increase in Kominictví Dobříš is not planned either. “We did not resort to rising prices this year and the prices remain the same. During classic cleaning and inspection, the price of the material does not have such an effect on us, “said Vladimír Mára. It costs 500 crowns for the flue gas inspection and 300 crowns for cleaning.

The unit price for the Prague chimney sweep Michal Frič starts at 800 crowns, but it depends on the type of chimney. “Fuels, materials and more expensive steel were missing. We keep the price by constantly buying it, but new ones pay extra for it, “he explained.

Loyalty discount

The loyalty discount is also offered by other chimney sweeps, so new customers have their services a bit more expensive. For example, Tomáš Pecina. “New customers have a hundred hundred more expensive service than last year. To regular customers and I keep the same price, but that their price will also increase from 2022, “said the Benešov chimney sweep, which costs around CZK 1,000 for inspection and cleaning. “It also depends on the distance,” he stressed.

Transport can make the visitor more expensive, its price may not be the main thing in the end, but what people are dealing with. It happens that chimney sweeps come to Prague and its surroundings from as far as Moravia. “We had an offer of chimney sweeps from Hranice na Moravě in the mailbox,” confirmed one of the owners of houses in Horoměřice.