Poly brushes vs wire brushes for soot cleanup, which camp are you in?
Stuck arguing with a guy on a job in Gary last week about whether poly brushes eat too much creosote before a wire pass can break it up. I keep it simple with a wire brush first and poly second, but he swears the reverse keeps his flues cleaner with less dust in the living room. Curious what the rest of you run on a standard masonry flue.
Ha! I'm with you 100%. Wire first to bust up the crust then poly to sweep it out, that's the way I've always done it and my flues come out clean every time. Your guy's reverse order just sounds like extra work to me.