Wasted $150 on a brush system that couldn't handle creosote buildup

Bought a fancy rotary brush kit from a supplier in Cleveland thinking it would speed up my cleanings. Took it on three jobs and it clogged solid with heavy creosote every time, had to stop and pick the wires clean. Ended up going back to my old hand rods and manual scraping to get the job done right. Anyone else have bad luck with these power brush attachments?

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alice_reed4723d ago

Shiny tools, same old soot. Sounds like you got sold a solution to a problem that didn't exist.

troy99623d ago

Pick the wires clean? Man, you were being way too patient with that thing. Those rotary brushes are really meant for light dust and maybe some Type 1 creosote (the flaky stuff), not the hard, glazed over buildup you get from a season of burning pine or unseasoned wood. If you forced it into a heavy cake, it probably overheated the wires and caused more of a mess than it saved. Check the manufacturer's specs next time if they even admit it, but most of those heads are designed for annual maintenance sweeps, not heavy-duty restoration work. You likely needed a chain flail or a scraper head for that level of gunk, not a brush.