Trying to clean a 90 degree bend that took me 3 hours

I had this one chimney over in Oakwood with a real sharp 90 degree turn near the bottom. Figured I'd just zip through it with my standard brush and rods, but the brush kept getting stuck halfway. Tried pulling it back and forth, some yanking, even tried a smaller brush and that just got jammed too. Took me three whole hours of wrestling and a ton of cussing to realize I needed to use a flexible chain whip attachment instead of the solid rod setup straight. Any of you guys run into a stupid tight bend that made you feel like you were fighting your own gear?

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nathankim13h ago

Three hours for a bend" - I'd have just called a priest to exorcise the thing.

wendy_lee484d ago

Took three whole hours" - bro, three hours for a single bend? I would've just set the whole chimney on fire and called it a day after the first 30 minutes of that nonsense.

danielm803d ago

@wendy_lee48 nah you're not wrong, I'd be tempted to grab a lighter after an hour too. But that bend was so packed with creosote a fire would've been a disaster waiting to happen. Sometimes you just gotta suffer through the pain and curse the guy who designed that chimney.