Preventing a disaster...

[mwhitnee]

So I got a chimney brush and extension rods last year and cleaned my flues, 3 total. It was not so bad, made the shoulders burn a little, but I think I did a good job.

Anyway, I was thinking this year what would happen if a rod broke? That sounds like a disaster to me. I don't think how my chimney is designed I could get anything from below. When I went to clean the bottom of the chimney last year (which I spent a lot of time on) I think there may be spilled mortar at the bottom, not creating a large enough area for me to get it.

I haven't looked at my brush in a bit, but I think it may have a ring? I could secure a line to it?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[DAKSY]

If you got fiberglas rods last year, & bought them new, I highly doubt that you will break one.
Worst case scenario is that you failed to totally engage the threads between each section &
have some of them separate. IIRC, there are wrench flats on the couplings to ensure you get
the threads tightly engaged. If you have a loop/ring on the end of the brush, attaching a rope
to it shouldn't hurt anything.

 

[EJL923]

i tie a rope to the loop of the brush and drop it down before i clean with rods, just in case i can keep pulling from the bottom