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piper175•2d ago

Shoutout to the old timer in Tulsa who told me to sweep from the bottom up on my first liner job

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sethc12•2d ago

TIL you can spot a bad flue tile by tapping it with a screwdriver handle, not a metal tool

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james672•2d ago

Rotary brush on a drill beat my old hand rods on a 30 foot liner, and it wasn't close

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sean_foster52•3d ago

TIL the cap on a sweep log tells you more than the brush marks

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susanh46•3d ago

Stainless liner vs pour-in mix on a 1940s brick flue, and I went stainless

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david821•6d ago

TIL a 30 year sweep in Buffalo told me my brush size was the reason for repeat callbacks

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hunt.rowan•7d ago

Update: I thought those chimney sweep vacuums with the beater bar were a gimmick until a job in Boise changed my mind

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ivan_hayes29•9d ago

Almost lost a house on Elm Street because I skipped the smoke test, now I do it on every job

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fiona_scott44•11d ago

A 30 year sweep in Portland showed me I was brushing the smoke shelf all wrong

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noahs82•11d ago

Found a 1952 sweep log tucked in a chimney in Salem, last entry said 'job done, no charge'

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evan151•11d ago

Went back to my 8 inch round brush after trying that fancy flat wire one, night and day difference on a 40 year old flue

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william917•11d ago

Warning: I almost used a power rod on a 60 year old liner, glad I went hand brush first

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kim.sandra•15d ago

Tried sweeping a 1920s farmhouse flue with a Shop vac brush kit and it made things worse

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black.margaret•17d ago

Vent: running a Mason's Mate brush on a 30-foot flex rod saved my elbow on a 1930s duplex in Akron

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barbara399•19d ago

Used a leaf blower to clean a flue last week and the homeowner came out screaming

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