Ables, who grew up in Brady, owns and runs Ables Top Hat Chimney Sweeps. He has been sweeping chimneys in Central Texas for almost thirty years. When I was 28, my wife and I moved into a house in ...

Working on the First Coast: Chimney sweep's job is dangerous, but essential. Staff Writer. Florida Times-Union. The most wonderful time of the year brings important visitors up on the rooftop.

Wearing a black top hat and tuxedo, Doug Ables of Copperas Cove heads to work — not as a concierge or butler for a wealthy family — but as a chimney sweep. Ables, 61, owner of Ables Top Hat ...