Had a customer's damper handle snap clean off in my hand yesterday.

It was a cast iron unit in a 1920s house, just gave way when I went to close it. Had to improvise with a pair of locking pliers to get the flue shut for the sweep. Anyone run into this on the really old ones?

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morgan_butler5d ago

What, did it just decide it was finally time to retire? That old iron was probably tired of holding back a century of soot. At least you had the vise grips handy.

grantt115d ago

Yeah @morgan_butler, my 80-year-old main stack gave up last winter. A pipe wrench and some plumber's tape got me through the weekend.