My favorite brush handle broke mid-job last Tuesday

I was working a chimney in Bakersfield when my trusty fiberglass rod snapped in half after just three years of use. Cheap plastic ferrule gave out, and I spent an hour fishing the brush out of the flue with a shop vac and a bendy wire. Anybody else stopped trusting those budget rod kits from the hardware store?

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seanjohnson22d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, you had to fish a brush out of a flue with a shop vac and a wire? That sounds like a nightmare I never want to live through... Three years on a cheap fiberglass rod sounds about right though, those budget kits always cut corners on the ferrules. I'd rather pay double for a solid steel rod with brass fittings than ever risk that again.

foster.patricia22d ago

Did you get any of the fiberglass rod pieces stuck up there too?