First time chimney sweep. Couple questions.

[Dmitry]

This was my first sweep.

The question #1: Is this the right brush sizewise for my chimney?

I got this brush for my 6" insulated double wall smooth liner 15' chimney.
http://www.northlineexpress.com/6-pro-sweep-medium-duty-poly-chimney-brush-34606-5129.html
It fits just right , not snug at all. There is some resistance when going down but not a lot. Is it normal?

The question #2 : Where is my creosote ? Does this chimney look normal.

I got only some brownish dust after burning 3 tons of biobricks and some 25 % moisture mediocre wood last year. The picture of liner in next post.

 

[Dmitry]

 

[velvetfoot]

I think you have it right except that you probably should have used a brush with plastic bristles. I switched at some point when I read about it here.

 

[nola mike]

Looks good. Your brush should be the correct one, but it's easy to tell if you're making contact with the sides of the liner or not. Those biobricks burn pretty damn clean, wouldn't surprise me if that's all you got.

 

[Dmitry]

I think you have it right except that you probably should have used a brush with plastic bristles. I switched at some point when I read about it here.

It is a poly , just looks like that because of camera flash. Or there is other kind of plasic one?

 

[nola mike]

The poly is fine.

 

[velvetfoot]

It is a poly , just looks like that because of camera flash. Or there is other kind of plasic one?

Wow, the bristles look a lot thinner than mine. Maybe it's the flash, or maybe they're making them different now.

I take it back. In that last brush picture, they did indeed look like poly.