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Just spent 8 hours on a flue blocked by a bird nest in a 1920s brick chimney in Pasadena. Thought it was a standard clean.
Customer said they hadn't used the fireplace in a couple seasons. Got the camera up there and it was a solid mass of twigs and mud about four feet down from the crown. No room for the brush. Had to chip it out piece by piece with rods and a hook attachment from the bottom up. Took triple the time I quoted. Anyone have a better method for a really packed, old nest besides just grinding through it?
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grace9266mo ago
That's a flue, not a flue.
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uma_rodriguez6mo ago
Honestly thought it was spelled the other way for years. Saw your post and had to look it up, and you're totally right. The dictionary proved it. Now I feel like I need to go correct a bunch of old texts.
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keith_thompson5mo ago
Wait, you did all that from the BOTTOM up? That sounds like a nightmare. I would've been worried about the whole thing collapsing down on me. Makes @uma_rodriguez's spelling hunt look easy. For something that packed, maybe try a compressed air horn from the top first to loosen it?
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