miab87•24d ago

Rant: Dropped $250 on a rotary sweep kit that nearly wrecked my flue

I bought this fancy rotary cleaning system from a supply house in Denver last month... thought it'd save me time on heavy creosote jobs. First use on a 8-inch clay liner, the head got stuck and spun sideways, chipped a chunk out of the tile. Cost me $150 extra to have a relining crew fix it. Anyone else have bad luck with rotary tools on old flues?

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holly_green8224d ago

Whoa, I've used rotary kits for years and never had an issue like that with clay liners.

taylorlewis23d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, but I think you might just be lucky. I've seen a few posts online now from people having the same issue I did. The clay liner in mine basically crumbled after a few months, leaving little bits of clay all over the place. It wasn't a cheap kit either, so that was frustrating. Maybe the quality control on those liners is just spotty lately, or they changed the formula. I'm definitely sticking to the metal ones from now on.