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Chimney Balloon being made by Watford Workshops

Where and how is the Chimney Balloon made?

Posted on 13th March 2018 by Sally Phillips

How is the Chimney Balloon made? The Chimney Balloon is a deceptively complicated product to make. Like all good design, it is simple for the end user, but there are no less than 16 components in it and 38 procedures in the construction of it. Each stage has to be conducted meticulously, so that there …

Chimney Balloon - the original and best inflatable chimney draught excluder

Is a Chimney Balloon the same as a Chimsoc?

Posted on 14th December 2017 by Sally Phillips

“Most emphatically not!” sputtered Chimney Balloon inventor David Woodman indignantly, when I phoned him up to ask him. It seems I had stumbled upon a story of betrayal, subterfuge and rivalry in the little-known world of chimney draught excluders. Innovative design David Woodman invented the Chimney Balloon back in 1989. He was an engineer and …