My brush head snapped off inside a 12x12 flue in a 1920s house this morning.

The old clay liner was way more uneven than it looked from below. Anyone have a good trick for fishing out a broken steel ferrule without dropping more stuff down there?

4 comments

4 Comments

tara6423mo ago

Uneven clay liner" is just how old houses are, always hiding their real problems.

michael6693mo ago

Yeah, those old clay liners are never straight. I once spent an hour fishing out a dropped flashlight with a hook made from a coat hanger.

tara6423mo ago

That coat hanger trick is a classic move, @michael669. It reminds me of the time I had to get creative with duct tape and a broom handle to reach a lost phone. Old houses just force you into becoming a weird kind of engineer.

oliverhernandez1mo ago

Honestly, I used to roll my eyes at hacks like that, but you're totally right about old houses.