Switched from a standard brush to a poly whip for a tight flue and it saved my afternoon

I had a job on a narrow Victorian in Portland with a really tight, square flue. My choice was between forcing my regular steel brush or trying a new poly whip I bought on a whim. I went with the whip, and it bent around the corners without getting stuck. It cleaned the whole thing in about 45 minutes, where the brush would have taken me twice as long with a lot more cursing. Anyone else use these for old, awkward chimneys?

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claireg812mo ago

Kelly's right, those whips look silly but they just work.

kelly_coleman612mo ago

Honestly thought those whips were a gimmick until I tried one.

nina1801mo ago

And yeah, I was one of those people who thought they looked like a weird kitchen gadget (I mean, honestly, it does). But after wrestling with a square flue that ate my standard brush for lunch, I grabbed the whip out of pure desperation. Now I feel like a total convert, which just proves my initial skepticism was all about my ego, not the tool.