I’m about to pull the trigger on the ‘Chimney Typhoon’ model at around €60 from the River, seems to get good balanced reviews on Youtube. £500 seems excessive for a couple of rods and brushes tbh, there’s not much to these things so they really should not be expensive.
Always take time to read the 1 Star reviews before making a decision 
I would of thought you’d invest up market with rods, if relying on two stoves in winter, and with no central heating back-up (?)
Yes 560 quid is an expensive purchase up front, but every year i save the £85 (2023 cost) of a power-clean, so six years to break even.
The only caveat is household insurance (no professional certification) and the event of a fire caused by the log burner or chimney.
Although my assessment is it’s far too unlikely here, professionally fitted stove/liner and HETAS approved, and i’m always in when the fire is lit.
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Thank you … their usefulness may outlive me! But then with two log burners that sounds good value.
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A couple of things that may also come in useful:
The dust sheet is obvious, the tube thing above is a “FlueBoss Powersweeping rod guide is ideal for protecting rods from sharp edges inside an appliance whilst spinning. Also fitted with a 38mm T piece which can be connected to a vacuum.”
Wish i’d purchased one at the time (for the free postage) it’s a need if the stove has an acute angle to get the rods up the flue, i found the rods and push-fit connectors get a bit scuffed on the edges of the T junction flue fitting. Will have one for next time.
A few years ago i threw out an old Henry Hoover trunk, a small section of that would have been ideal for free.
You may not need one if your stoves have easy access with a straight path up the flue.
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Are you all overthinking this? I use an old sheet and a set of amazon brushes. 20 mins tops and it’s all done. All the loose material drops in the stove. Henri hoover removes it.
Since last year we have had to have a certificate from a registered sweep for insurance reasons. The sweep uses- an old sheet and a set of brushes not unlike the ones I have from Amazon. He then uses a canister hoover to remove the debris.
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I’ve always swept my own chimneys and yes, it’s easy enough as long as the flue is in decent condition. The brushes I currently used cost as much as a single visit be a chimney sweep at the time. I stopped bothering with dust sheets because the amount of debris is small and it’s not fine enough to float around the room as dust.
Last year I had to replace a woodburner, and I somewhat reluctantly paid a professional to install it just in case the Hetas cert came in useful. It was one hell of an expensive bit of paper.
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I bought virtually the same set last year - expensive but with 2 log burners and angles in the flue paths I wanted something more sturdy than the basic kit that company sold.
I think they are really aimed at people who clean chimneys frequently for a living but whether or not they’re much better than basic ones is hard to tell if they’re used occasionally not regularly but some poor reviews of cheaper products made me wary of disconnected rods stuck in the liner. Probably not impossible for it to happen with these if you don’t check the connections are secure.
I was and am still tempted to get some kind of wi-fi camera to attach to the uppermost rod to view the state of the liner.
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We had our log burner chimney swept last year, after missing a few years, he charged us £70. This year, less to do i guess, he charged £50. He still adjusted the clearview stove handles etc and checked the seal, and our insurance certificate.
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Boy the temperatures are dropping the last few days.
Honestly wondering if I may need to light the burners in coming weeks as Mrs AC who hates the heat is now cold.
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Must order some wood.
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I was thinking the same!
Way ahead i think…….Zhukov looks tired.
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It must be because Zhukov usually wins but this time the Mrs was first …
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I try to hold off until the end of September, I find once you start it’s difficult to stop! I have got this lot and half as much again to get through but I’m running two Clearviews this year and no oil boiler!
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Here’s my stack.
It was a lot of work but the nice thing is that there’s always a kid interested in helping which is a nice touch.
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Or as a colleague at work told me when I showed her a similar picture “another home for spiders”. Nice store though!
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