Picked a rotary brush over a dual motor setup for my last job

Went with the rotary brush for a $450 chimney job last Tuesday and it handled the creosote way better than I expected, anyone else stick with one tool over the other?

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perry.evan17d ago

Rotary brushes just smear the creosote around and leave a thin film that hardens back up after a few days. Dual motors actually knock the heavy stuff loose and pull it down where you can vacuum it out clean. Did a job last spring where a rotary brush left enough buildup to fail inspection two weeks later. Had to go back with the dual motors and spent twice the time fixing what the first guy left behind. Crews I know that switched to dual motors never look back.

karen_west5917d ago

Wait, hold up. You're telling me the rotary brush actually left so much gunk that the place failed inspection two weeks later? That's just wild to me. I've seen some sketchy results with those things but failing a full inspection is a whole new level of bad. So you had to come back and basically redo everything the first guy messed up? That's brutal, man. I can't even imagine the headache of explaining that to the customer again. Good to know about the dual motors though, sounds like they're the real deal for sure.