Hot take: I chose a round brush over a square one for my main soot work

After three years using square wire brushes from the hardware store, I finally swapped to a round poly brush for my regular residential jobs. The round brush gets into crooked flues way better and I cracked a tile liner trying to force a square brush through a tight spot last Tuesday. Has anyone else made this switch and found it works better for older masonry chimneys?

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jamie8043d ago

$20 at the supply house changed my whole setup. Round poly is all I grab now for standard cleanouts.

patricia2623d agoMost Upvoted

Buddy of mine Mike tried a round poly brush on a job last fall because his steel wire brush was wrecking the inside of some old terra cotta flue. He had been fighting with that thing for an hour on one house, scratching up the liner and cussing the whole time. Swapped to a round poly head and it slid through the tight spots like butter, no binding at all. Finished the whole job in 20 minutes. Said the only thing he didn't like was how fast it wore down on the heavy stuff, but for the price saved him a lot of hassle.

leo_black763d ago

Stuck with square brushes for years myself until I bent a rod trying to muscle one through a tight 45 degree bend. Swapped to a round poly brush for my regular cleanings and it changed everything. Fits into those older clay flues with all the rough joints without binding up. Plus it doesnt leave those scratch marks on smooth liners like the steel wire ones do. Only downside is it wears out faster on really heavy creosote but for most jobs its my go-to now.