PSA: Old timer told me to sweep top-down and I ignored him for a year

Last winter I was doing a job over on Maple Street and a 70-year-old sweep named Hank watched me set up my rods from the bottom. He told me to always start from the top because you push less debris into the flue. I laughed it off and kept doing it my way. But after 3 cleanings where the customer called back about soot falling into the firebox, I tried his method. It cut my redo rate to zero. Any of you guys stick with bottom-up sweeping and have issues?

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grant_allen8523d ago

Three callbacks is three too many. I switched after two myself.

amy_foster7923d ago

How many times did you have to go back before you switched? I'm just curious what the breaking point was. Because three callbacks in one season seems like a lot of wasted time.

karen_west5919d ago

Brought the wrong car home from the shop once. That was my breaking point.