Chimney Cleaning

[etiger2007]

Do they make a flexible rod or something that you can connect to your brush and then connect to your fiber glass rods so you can clean the bends in your insert liner? I was messing around in Menards yesterday and I just dont think those three foot rods will flex enough for my bend in my liner where it goes through the damper area. Thanks for any replies.

 

[Treacherous]

Have you looked at the Sooteater? It is super flexible.

http://www.sooteater.com/chimney/

 

[James02]

Have you looked at the Sooteater? It is super flexible.

http://www.sooteater.com/chimney/

+1

 

[daveswoodhauler]

Had the same issue last year as I had a straight shot once up the liner, but couldn't make the 80-90 degree bend to get the rods through the stove into the liner. I picked up 2 kits of the sooteater as I had appx 27 feet to go, and have to say I am very pleased with it. I just use a cordless drill and clean one section at a time.. Lots of folks here use the sooteater and I have yet to see a negative review on one. Good luck.

Ps. Mods, I have no affiliation with the compnay, so if the link is not allowed please remove....tried to find a normal youtube video of just a homeowner using, but came up empty.

 

[Woody Stover]

You can get rods that are more flexible, but sometimes they can be too flexible...

http://www.northlineexpress.com/chimney/chimney-brushes/how-to-choose-a-chimney-brush.html

 

[etiger2007]

So i went to TSC today and bought a pack of Rutland flexible chimney cleaning rods (they are not that flexible). I never used my poly brush yet so everything was brand spanking new. I installed the first rod to the brush and had a little trouble getting the brush in the liner, the rod pack was a pack of six. So away i went (screwing on one rod at a time as i pushed them down the liner) i got five of the rods installed and down the chimney then i couldnt push the brush any deeper into the liner, now I have a problem I cant pull the brush out either, so after some name calling and pulling hard i finally got the brush and rods out of the liner. I then went to the garage and trimmed the brush head a bit. Lets try this again, the brush head fit much easier into the liner and still grabbed the sides of the liner so I could screw on another rod. I ran the brush down the liner as far as i could and I could obviously hear it cleaning the sides of the liner. I left the brush and rods in the liner and went to the insert to see if I could see the brush sticking out the liner anywhere ( to see if i made it all the way through the liner) and I could not see anything, its too hidden by the way the insert is made. I went back to the roof and took out the brush and rods and put the cap back on. My question is how do I know if I cleaned the bend in the liner where it goes through the damper area in the chimney? I want to to do a good job and be safe. The liner wasnt dirty I basically did this for practice and want to hone in my chimney cleaning skills.

 

[Lewiston]

Have you looked at the Sooteater? It is super flexible.

http://www.sooteater.com/chimney/

+3

 

[djlarson77]

I have two 30 degree double-wall black elbows just below the ceiling in the family (stove) room. There is about 1 foot of pipe between them. I also questioned being able to run my brush / rods through these two elbows. I was pleasantly surprised that it went through without a problem, though the resistance was considerably more than through the straight pipe. I was able to get to within about 2 feet of the top of the stove with the rods I have (fiberglass 5' rods from Menards)...thinking I don't need to clean this last two feet since we always run our T5 with the stovepipe 400+. BTW, my wife was checking to see where the brush ended up in the pipe.