Rutland KRK-18 Fiberglass Chimney Brush Rod Kit

Works as described

Worked as described.

Easy to setup and use.

Too rigid to go up the chimney with the individual rod length and our small stove pipe distance to door geometry (using rutland 6” brush). Going down the chimney the rods were fine. We just expected to be able to go up the chimney (cleaning from inside the house) and not go on the roof! We put the whole thing together but the brush clearance (none) would have let us put the sticks together as we went down. Rods are very robust if you’re brave and strong enough to flex it up a tight geometry. Good quality. Threading is accurate and easy to put together and take apart. Summary: Pro of going down the chimney was closing the door and not having so much dust. Con of going down the chimney was going on the roof. “We” credit mostly goes to husband aside from initial idea to go up the chimney :-)

Worked great. Started with one section. Cleaned area closest to me and then added pole sections as I worked down. Threads held sections without any issues. Great DIY products. Paid for itself on first use.

Good quality for price

These rods work great ! Strong !

My cheapo husband kept saying, no, let's not buy poles yet not realizing stores don't carry poles year-round and so last year we ended up with a Rutland brush and no poles and when we tried to clean the stove pipe by tying a rope to it and weighing it down with rocks, he managed to get the brush stuck inside and the rope came undone at the knot. We had to take apart the entire chimney and take it outside and retrieve the brush. He was not happy and this year said he was going to do that YouTube thing with his drill and a lot of duct tape and plastic and then use the ShopVac to suck all the stuff out that had fallen into the stove. Oh, that won't fill my house with soot or anything! So I ordered the poles this year. Took a fraction of the time. We were done within 30 minutes and that's only because of how long it took him to get the cap off up on the roof. Ladies: if your husband is a lovely man who puts his foot down about things like this as if he's the boss but you know he's from an Australian sub-tropical climate and has no idea how to clean a chimney (something you did yourself as a single mom in Alaska years earlier), tell him to stuff his head in the chimney because you're buying what you need to get the thing cleaned for winter.

I have now used it once a year for the last three years to clean my wood stove chimney. It does take a good push and pull but I am 68 and in average shape and it was not an issue. Paid for itself the first time I used it.

Work great, enough flex for my wood stove Thanks

Just the right size for the clearance I have with a very low flue clean out . I bought the four foot version but it was just too long so I couldn't use it, this company was good to it's word and refunded as soon as they received it back unused. I bought the brush as well, the old one I had was in good shape but didn't fit the connection. Connections on this are very solid, my old one came apart ten feet up the flue once and I don't feel there will be a similar problem with this type of connection.

We had an issue finding a brush that would fit the threads. We rigged something up and it works great.

I have an 8 inch metal chimney that is 8 feet outside and about 12 feet inside. Just inside the house at the ceiling is two bends to move the chimney around a joist. I was concerned that the rods would not make the bend, which I am guessing is about 30 degrees each. It very easily made the bend which was fantastic. Now instead of paying $250 a year to have my chimney done I will have this product for a long long time and at $125 it is a great savings for the homeowner.