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Old guy at a trade show in '08 told me to ditch the wire brush for a poly one on newer flue liners.
I thought he was nuts, but after cracking a clay liner in a 2010 build, I switched. Anyone else make that change and notice less dust coming back into the room?
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umac712mo ago
Honestly, does this happen with everything now? Feels like the old way of doing stuff just wrecks newer materials. I had the same thing with a basic drill bit on some cheap bathroom tiles, just shattered them. Makes you wonder what else we're doing wrong because the stuff changed but the advice didn't.
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kaiblack2mo ago
Cheap tiles often need a special bit, not just a basic one.
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elizabethwhite1mo agoMost Upvoted
Yeah the "special bit" thing is real. I learned that the hard way too, like umac71 said. Those cheap ceramic tiles are super brittle. You need a diamond grit hole saw or a spear point bit made for tile, and you have to go slow with no pressure. A regular masonry bit just hammers them to pieces.
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