I finally gave in and tried the shop vac trick for stubborn ash

For years I insisted on scraping every bit of ash out by hand. Then last month I had a job on Pine Street with a fireplace that hadn't been cleaned since 2019 and it took me 45 minutes just on the first pass. I borrowed a friend's rigid shop vac with a HEPA filter and finished the whole thing in 20 minutes flat. Has anyone else found a good nozzle attachment that doesn't clog up after one use?

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park.tara19d ago

honestly the real game changer for me was putting a cheap dryer sheet over the intake before the filter, catches the fine stuff before it even hits the HEPA. keeps the shop vac running strong way longer.

paul_mason1219d ago

Yeah @park.tara that little hack really shows how tiny tweaks can solve bigger problems in life.

joel_mason2219d ago

Not sure that tiny tweak actually fixes the root clog, just pushes the problem deeper into the system.

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