Old timer said brush up top first, I did the opposite, big mistake

Two weeks ago a retired sweep at the feed store told me to always brush the crown before the flue on creosote jobs. I figured he was just stuck in his ways. Powered through the flue first and knocked a chunk loose that wedged halfway down. Took me an extra hour with the rotary to fish it out. Got any tricks that sound backwards but actually work?

1 comments

1 Comment

william_miller1d ago

Learned that one the hard way myself, now I always hit the crown first.