Sooteater

[Ctwoodtick]

I’ve been using the sooteater to sweep the chimney for the last 10 years or so, and it worked very well. Overtime, the head has worn away enough where I don’t believe it can make contact with all parts of the liner any longer. I bought a new head to it and I’m wondering how much excess. I should leave on the head of it. Not sure if I left too much if it would be a pain in the ass to move the head up and down in the liner itself when I swept. For reference, I have a 6 inch heavy wall liner.

 

[weee123]

When I bought mine I didn’t trim anything off it. It’ll wear itself in

 

[SteveKG]

If I remember accurately, my owner's manual said how much to cut off the lines

 

[Ctwoodtick]

If I remember accurately, my owner's manual said how much to cut off the lines

I just checked the manual online. It says to trim with leaving 1/4 extra. Thanks again

 

[moresnow]

If you keep a full-length head (untrimmed) it will do a decent job on knocking out the buildup in the cap as well. A thought.

 

[stoveliker]

It'll wear off all by itself.
If your liner is rigid, I'd just not cut off anything.
If your liner is more fragile - I don't know what's smart

 

[Ctwoodtick]

It'll wear off all by itself.
If your liner is rigid, I'd just not cut off anything.
If your liner is more fragile - I don't know what's smart

Heavy wall liner for wood liner.

 

[stoveliker]

But flex or rigid. Mine is rigid,.i.e. a (double wall) stainless pipe. No way a soot eater would damage that.
I have not felt flexible liners to know how strong heavy wall is.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Oh ok, got it. Mine is heavywall flex

 

[stoveliker]

May be fine.- I just don't know.

 

[BillBurns]

I use a 4 Inch head on a 6 inch flue. They sent the wrong size, so I just use it. If you swirl it around long enough, and up and down, it works pretty good.