Our Mission
It is the mission of the National Chimney Sweep Guild to promote the success of its members by providing progressive services, encouraging professionalism and ethical accountability, and advancing the chimney and venting industry through public awareness of the trade.
Benefits Easily Worth Ten Times Your $459 Membership

Through cooperative efforts of the NCSG and chimney professionals like you, more and more people are aware of the chimney sweeping trade and the effects it can have on their overall safety.

 

But as a member, is there more in it for you? Yes, membership provides you with a network of professional advisors and, if you get involved - lifelong friendships with the leading professionals in your field. Plus we even throw in a lot of great benefits to not only help make your business profitable but eliminate hours spent running the day to day operation of your business allowing you more time to spend with family and friends.

 

The NCSG Member Benefits Sweeps Advantage Program Includes ALL THREE Sections Below! 

 

NCSG Members Sweep Up Savings

Join the Guild Today and Your Savings Immediately Exceed $19,000 With This Coupon Program  Savings Approach $19,000 with the NCSG Member’s Coupon Program – With valuable offers like "buy one, get one free", discounts and rebates on industry-leading products and items that you already use!

Better Insurance For Less Money Sign Up And Save Up To $1400 Every Year Through NCSG’s Discounted General Liability Insurance Program.

Look Smart And Save Outfit your crew in style with significant savings from Aramark Uniform Services. Logo setup fees are waived and a 20% discount applies to regularly priced items when you use NCSG’s preferred customer code: Aramark Uniform Services. – Sign Up And Save An Average Of $92.97 A Month When You Outfit Three Sweeps.

Bright Smiles Ahead with Dental Plan Savings Vital savings by Aetna provides you and employees of NCSG member companies with an affordable alternative to dental insurance. -You can save over $1000 on braces and other dental services!

Let These Savings Drive You Away  Get a free weekend day when you rent two days with Avis and up to $15 off your weekend rentals from Hertz. – Sign Up And Save On Rental Car Expenses, A $45 value.

Stay Connected and Save NCSG’s partnership with VIP Wireless saves you 15-20% on cell phone accessories for most major mobile phone brands and hours in productivity. – Easily Save Over $200 Annually.

Save up to 64% on Freight Shipping Need to get a stove from Point-A to Point-B? DHL’s customized program will get it there for less! How about a signature on that proposal? DHL has you covered with 25% off and a free overnight shipment after placing your first three orders. - Members Save Up to 64% on customized discounts from DHL Shipping 

Save with this Safety Program Tailgate safety programs from Safety Services Co. are tailored for your company and may even reduce your Worker’s Compensation rates. – Sign Up As An NCSG Member And Save $200 on the program rate.

 

NCSG Members Sweep Up Success

What Next? Put The Power Of Experienced Colleagues To Work For You Often referred to as one of NCSG’s most valuable benefits, the member email discussion list is a forum for peer networking, technical resolution, sweep-tosweep referrals and occasional nuggets of industry trivia. – The NCSG Discussion List is free to you as an NCSG Member (but worth a ton more)!

Put a Team of Expert Technical Consultants in the Palm of Your Hand  As a member of the NCSG you have access to our 11 member advisory council. You’ll have over 318 years of experience on call and at your fingertips with assistance from NCSG’s Technical Advisory Council. – Few could afford to have a team of 11 expert business consultants behind them. You get it for free!

Hire the Right Employee the First Time It’s been proven that hiring the wrong employee costs up to two years in lost training and opportunities. NCSG members save almost 50% on employee background checks from LABORCHEX.  - Save up to $10 on background checks to lower turnover, increase safety and security before hiring your next employee.

Listen Up To Double Your Profits With topics ranging from how you can help your techs make more sales to profitable tax strategies, the Service Contractors Business CD of the Month program is sure to be a profit building resource throughout the year. – Service Contractors Business CD of the Month program. This free program saves you $228.

 Get Back Up to Speed with Your Personal Computer Tech Hotline Get discounts on your information technology issues in a fast and friendly manner. Tech Hotline, your personal one-stop support center can answer a broad range of topics that include: MS Windows and Office suite applications and major hardware. - Save your time and $100 right off the top!

Time in the office doesn’t have to be a hassle. With discounts from Paycor Payroll Services, you’ll know that your payroll and tax responsibilities are covered (and guaranteed!) Discounted rates any accountant would envy! Save up to $300 annually!

Tough Job Site Problems Become Easy With An Expert By Your Side NCSG’s Full-Time Technical Director is your Chimney Life-Line. Calling him from the job site can save your company thousands in do-overs or even more in insurance claims! – What would it cost you to have a full time Technical Director at your beck & call? His advice is free to NCSG members.

Protect Your Business By Having Representation NCSG actively participates in the creation of codes and standards that you use every day, including NFPA 211, 54 and 31 and the ICC. The NFPA 211’s Three Levels of Inspection are due in large part to NCSG. What would it cost you to send a representative of your company to these countless meetings to make sure your business interests are secured? – NCSG works for you every day!

Learn, Earn And Save Money Too The CSIA Certified Chimney Sweep credential is just one way NCSG members save on education and certification from the Chimney Safety Institute of America. Each employee of NCSG member companies receives discounts toward CSIA programs. – Savings run between $50 and $200 per employee, per session.

Technical and Business Knowledge Just for Sweeps Delivered To Your Door Monthly Sweeping: The Journal of Chimney & Venting Technology and eNewslink give you the technical and business information to keep your business thriving with articles from technical experts and business consultants as well as current industry news. -Sweeping magazine and electronic newsletter – $80 subscription worth thousands in technical and business tips each month.

ECHO (Credit Card Processing Discounts) With no start-up fees, no termination fees, a free manual imprinter and low transaction rates, this program could help you save, save, save on credit card payment processing. - Save up to $450 annually!

 

NCSG Members Sweep Up Profits

Keep Earning While You’re Away From the Job NCSG has teamed with Market Hardware to keep customers coming to you with $150 off a Custom Website Package. More homeowners rely on the Internet to learn about your products and services than ever before. Keep their attention and make the sale. – Custom Website Package discounts from Market Hardware, Save $150.

Do This and Put $10,000 in Your Pocket Attend valuable business building seminars at NCSG’s annual convention. Talk with industry suppliers and see new products and services at the tradeshow to help solve your customer’s problems and grow your business. Almost any sweep that has attended will tell you that they leave the convention with at least one idea or bit of knowledge that will either make or save you $10,000 a year. – Plus members save $100 on each convention registration. Including employees and spouses!

Get Referrals from Your NCSG Web Listing As a member, your company will be listed on the NCSG web site. The NCSG and CSIA web sites are visited by over 20,000 consumers every month looking to solve their chimney problems and find qualified chimney professionals. A recent survey of sweeps that track leads report receiving about $2,000 worth of work each year from their NCSG and CSIA web listings.

Give Customers Confidence To Do Business With You Belonging to the National Chimney Sweep Guild raises the credibility of your business because it implies a level of quality and ethical integrity on behalf of your company.

Put The Power Of On-Hold Messaging To Work For You We’ve negotiated $200 off of your virtual sales force’s salary. Put Commercials on Hold to work for you to keep your services at the top of your customers’ minds while you have them on the line. – Sign Up As An NCSG Member And Save $200 Off Your Commercials on Hold Service.

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(317) 837-1500