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raymitchell
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7d ago
My 16 inch brush snapped clean off the rod halfway up a two story stack in Council Bluffs
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diana_black
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7d ago
Went from a shop vac hose taped to my drill to a real set of 6 rods, cost me $80
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sethhernandez
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8d ago
Switched from a wire brush to a flat scraper on soot-packed smoke shelves and cut my brushing time in half
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jessica841
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9d ago
My 16 inch brush head popped off halfway up a two story flue in Tulsa last Tuesday
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the_simon
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9d ago
A 30-year sweep told me my brush was too stiff, and my flue numbers finally went up
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emery199
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10d ago
A guy in Columbus told me to stop sweeping before I check the damper, and now I start every job that way
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bennett.nora
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10d ago
Poly brushes vs wire brushes for soot cleanup, which camp are you in?
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terryk10
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11d ago
Appreciation post: a 1902 report said London had about 1,000 sweeps left, down from way more
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jordan903
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11d ago
Vent: tried that flexible rod on a clay liner and it scared the daylights out of me
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rodriguez.felix
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12d ago
Spent 4 hours on a blocked flue that turned out to be a bird nest packed behind the smoke shelf
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stellachen
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16d ago
First solo run on a 1920s brick flue in South Bend last Tuesday, and the camera came back clean
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paul286
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16d ago
TIL you shouldn't brush a flue liner with a poly brush, and I learned it the hard way in a 1920s house on Elm Street
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elliot_taylor
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17d ago
The stat that floored me: 1 in 5 home fires is from a dirty flue
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uma_martinez
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17d ago
I was brushing the smoke chamber way too hard and a 30 year sweep in Reno called me out on it
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paigew53
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17d ago
Tried the brush on a flexible rod and it came back with more soot than I put in
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