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Nearly wrecked a client's flue with a rotary cleaning attachment I'd never tested

I tried that spiral chain whip I saw on a YouTube demo - you know, the one that promises to scrape creosote in half the time - and it practically chewed up the terracotta liner on a 1920s house near downtown. Has anyone else had a tool they trusted turn out way more aggressive than expected?
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thomas_johnson35
That "spiral chain whip" thing... yeah, it's not really meant for terracotta at all. Those are designed for metal flues, not old clay liners.
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tyler822
tyler8226d ago
Hold up did you check the mfg specs before you ran it or just trust the demo video? A lot of those "pro" tools have fine print saying terracotta is a no go because it crumbles way easier than steel. Seems like the real issue is who made that tool and what did they actually test it on before selling it?
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