Chimney sweep certificate software

Why TradeBooked over Sweep Certificates

Sweep Certificates and the other niche sweep tools (Digital Sweeps, Squeegee) do one thing well: a digital chimney sweep certificate with annual reminders and offline capture. But they are back-office only. There is no public booking page and no deposit, so the customer still has to ring you, and a no-show still costs you the slot.

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The three reasons trades switch

The booking page the certificate tools do not have

Customers self-book 24/7 with the appliance, fuel, and last-swept date captured upfront. The certificate tools are back-office only.

Deposits kill no-shows

Take a deposit at booking via Stripe, paid straight to you. A back-office cert tool has no booking step to attach a deposit to.

Certificate plus booking plus rebook, one bill

The HETAS sweep certificate, the booking page, deposits, and the fuel-aware rebook are all in TradeBooked, not split across two subscriptions.

Where TradeBooked wins

Head-to-head on the things sole UK trades actually ask about.

A 24/7 booking page, not just a certificate

Sweep Certificates

Sweep Certificates is back-office only. The certificate is good, but there is nothing the customer can use to book you. Every job still starts with a phone call, and a missed call is a missed job, exactly the gap that bites when the person who answers the phone is away.

TradeBooked

TradeBooked gives you a public booking page the customer finds and books from at 11pm on a Sunday, with the appliance, fuel, and last-swept date captured before you set off. The HETAS sweep certificate then rides on top of the same tool.

Deposits and no-show protection

Sweep Certificates

No payment step at booking, so a no-show costs you the slot and the diesel.

TradeBooked

Take a deposit when the customer books. A no-show now costs the customer, not you, and the slot was held by someone who paid to hold it.

One tool instead of two bills

Sweep Certificates

You end up running the certificate tool for the cert and a separate booking diary (or a generalist like ServiceM8) for the jobs, often plus Mailchimp for the customer email. Two or three subscriptions for one round.

TradeBooked

Booking, deposits, the HETAS certificate, the customer history, and the re-engagement email are all in TradeBooked on one bill.

A fuel-aware rebook in your name

Sweep Certificates

Reminders are flat annual: the same interval for every chimney regardless of fuel.

TradeBooked

The next sweep is suggested by fuel and use, wood up to quarterly for a regular burner, smokeless about annually, house coal about twice a year, and the reminder is sent automatically in your name with a one-tap link back to your booking page. On Autopilot, recurring re-engagement campaigns fill the quiet months too.

Feature by feature

The short version. Tick what you need, see who has it.

Feature

Sweep Certificates

TradeBooked

Digital chimney sweep certificate

Offline capture on site

Annual reminders

Customer and appliance history

Public 24/7 booking page

Deposit / no-show protection

Fuel-aware rebook interval

Rebook reminder sent in your name

Insurance-proof pack export

Landlord / managing-agent cc on the certificate

Customer broadcast email built in

HETAS badge on the booking page

Built and supported in the UK

What is Sweep Certificates?

Sweep Certificates is a back-office tool for chimney sweeps: build and email a digital sweep certificate, keep a customer and appliance history, and send annual reminders. It is strong on the certificate itself and works offline on a phone. It does not give the customer a way to book you, and it does not collect a deposit.

If you only want a digital certificate and your bookings are already sorted, the niche sweep tools do the job. If you want the booking page, the deposit, and the rebook that the certificate tools leave you to solve elsewhere, TradeBooked is the certificate and everything in front of it, on one bill.

Frequently asked questions

Does TradeBooked produce a chimney sweep certificate like Sweep Certificates does?

Yes. On Pro and above you can issue a Chimney Sweep Certificate from the job, with your HETAS registration number on it, signed and emailed to the customer and any landlord or managing agent. It captures the smoke-evacuation result and a safe-to-use finding, works offline, and re-issues from last year in seconds.

What does TradeBooked do that a back-office certificate tool cannot?

It gives you a public booking page so customers book you online without a phone call, and it takes a deposit at the moment of booking to protect against no-shows. Niche certificate tools are back-office only, so the booking and the deposit are left for you to solve with another tool.

Will the annual reminder know that wood needs sweeping more often than smokeless?

Yes. The next sweep due date defaults from the fuel on each flue and how often it is burned, wood up to quarterly for a regular burner, smokeless about once a year, house coal about twice a year, and you can always override it. The reminder is sent automatically in your name with a one-tap booking link.

Can I send the certificate to a landlord as well as the tenant?

Yes. A certificate can go to more than one recipient, so the customer and the landlord or managing agent both receive a copy at the point of issue, and you can bundle every certificate for a customer into one insurance-proof pack.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. TradeBooked offers a 10-day free trial with no credit card required, and most sweeps are live and taking bookings on the same day they sign up.

Ready to try TradeBooked?

10-day free trial. No credit card. No commission. UK trades only* (for now).

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Based on Sweep Certificates's publicly published information, reviewed 2026-06-01. Spot something wrong? Tell us.