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Showerthought: I spent 4 years fighting creosote with the wrong brush size on every job in Portland.
A senior sweep in Eugene pulled out his gauge and showed me my 8-inch brush was actually leaving a half-inch gap on 7-inch flues, and I felt like an idiot for never measuring the liner before buying brushes, has anyone else been using the wrong diameter this whole time?
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paulc931mo ago
My old boss in Seattle swore by a specific brand of drill bit for masonry work. He'd get mad if you showed up with anything else, saying the cheap ones would snap. I never saw one break, but he had a whole drawer full of just that brand.
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richard_mason1mo ago
But maybe he just liked having a drawer full of them.
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Read an article where a contractor said measuring first saves more money than any tool. They called it the "tape measure tax" people pay for guessing. That half-inch gap story is exactly what they meant.
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