Chimney sweeps: booking sweeps before the heating season

The first cold evening sends everyone to the phone to book a sweep. If your autumn is already full, they wait or go elsewhere. Opening sweeps from late summer spreads the work and fills your quiet weeks. With Book, clients book a sweep on your own booking page on the days you're in their area, without calling.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations and prices are examples: set your own.

Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Open sweep slots from late summer, and create services per area so the day's sweeps sit close together. Each online booking takes one place, and a booked slot leaves your page. Say in the description that booking early gets the best choice of dates.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. Ask for the address, the appliance type, the number of flues and the last sweep date. Say in the description that the fire must be out and cold before you arrive.

After each sweep, book next year's visit yourself from your bookings list, at the same time of year. First and last name are enough; with their email, the client gets a confirmation with a calendar file. Book doesn't send reminders, so that file keeps the date in their calendar.

Landlords may need several properties swept. Create one booking per property from your list, with the tenant's name or the landlord's, and the address in the note.

Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the booking from your list. Book doesn't email clients about changes, so tell them yourself. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars.

Book doesn't issue certificates or invoices, take payments or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field: with two sweeps, create services per sweep. See the guide on preparing the home for a sweep. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.