PSA: I switched from a 6 inch brush to an 8 inch for standard flues and it cut my time in half.

I was doing a job in a 1920s house in Boise last week and the owner had a lot of soot buildup. I used my old 6 inch poly brush first and it took me almost 90 minutes to get it clean, working it hard. I went back the next day for a neighbor and tried my newer 8 inch brush on the same size flue tile. It filled the space better and got the walls cleaner in one pass. I was done in 45 minutes flat. Has anyone else found that going a bit bigger on the brush makes that much of a difference?

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jamie_clark5d ago

Absolutely makes a huge difference. That extra inch fills the gap so you're not just brushing the corners. I keep an 8 inch on the truck for standard tile for that exact reason.

parkerk565d ago

Noticed the same thing with a lot of tools... it's like using the right size wrench instead of one that's just close. @jamie_clark is right about filling the gap. I see it when people use a tiny paint roller on a big wall, or a small snow shovel on a long driveway. You just end up working twice as hard for the same result. That extra bit of size covers more ground with each pass, so you're not going over the same spot ten times. Makes you wonder what other jobs we're all doing the hard way.