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Pro tip: I was cleaning chimneys wrong for five years because of a bad habit from my first boss.
He taught me to always start the brush from the bottom and work up, saying it was safer. A job in Springfield last month with a really narrow, offset flue proved that method just packs debris into the smoke shelf. What's your go-to method for tricky, offset flues?
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taylor.brooke3mo ago
Stop using that powder on anything but a real emergency... it'll save you so much headache.
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shane1705mo ago
Oh man, that's rough! My old boss was obsessed with using way too much creosote powder on every job, said it "prevented future buildup." All it did was make a huge, gritty mess that was ten times worse to clean up later. I finally stopped using it unless the situation was absolutely desperate.
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oscar_gonzalez455mo ago
That sounds like a total nightmare to deal with. Some bosses get stuck on one idea and just won't let it go, even when the results are bad. That powder turns into a concrete-like paste if you use too much. Good call on saving it for real emergencies only.
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tessap975mo ago
A contractor I follow online said the same thing about overusing that stuff. He called it "panic powder" because people dump it on when they're stressed. It just creates a bigger problem down the line.
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