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The day my extension brush flew off into a fireplace

I was cleaning a flue in an old Victorian last Tuesday and my brush head just snapped off the rod and dropped into the firebox. Had to fish it out with a magnet on a stick, which took 20 minutes. Anyone else had a cheap brush head come apart on them mid-job?

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joseph_ellis8518d ago

Man, @victor_jones99 beat me to it, but yeah creosote is nasty stuff and cheap plastic parts don't stand a chance against it. Not exactly "eating through" handles like acid, but it definitely makes brittle old plastic snap way faster than it should.

blair59718d ago

Dude that sucks, I had a brush head pop off and land in a bucket of creosote sludge once.

victor_jones9918d ago

Wait, did that brush head land bristles down in the sludge @blair597? Because I read somewhere that creosote can actually eat through cheap plastic handles over time, not just the brush head. I saw a safety bulletin from a chimney sweep group that said always check the ferrule for rust before you start, because heat and chemicals weaken it fast. Sounds like you got lucky it only cost you a brush, not your whole day digging out of a sticky mess!