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Shoutout to the old timer who told me to stop using wire brushes on clay flues - saved my client's liner
A guy named Pete at the hardware store in Lincoln told me 6 months ago that wire brushes scratch up clay flue tiles and cause cracks over time. I didn't believe him because I had been using them for 10 years. Last month I checked a house I cleaned 2 years back with a wire brush and saw hairline cracks all down the liner. Switched to poly brushes and now I'm wondering how many other liners I messed up. Anyone else stick with wire brushes or switch?
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felix_bailey4523d ago
Did you check the actual condition of those clay flues BEFORE you switched to poly brushes? Wire brushes might be the nail in the coffin, but a lot of old liners already have tiny manufacturing cracks or settling damage that gets blamed on the brush later. Either way, better safe than sorry - I'd guess half of us are just cleaning up problems we didn't cause in the first place.
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