Just realized a shop vac with a fine dust filter saves so much time on chimney cleanouts

I was doing a cleanout last Tuesday on a house near downtown and the soot was getting everywhere no matter how careful I was. Tried hooking up my shop vac with a HEPA filter bag and it cut the cleanup from 45 minutes to maybe 15. Has anyone else found a specific filter bag brand that holds up to heavy ash without clogging?

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patricia_schmidt1421d agoMost Upvoted

Wait Margaret, don't those Filteco bags burn through quick with heavy ash?

margaret_gonzalez2521d ago

Oh yeah I grabbed one of the Filteco bags off Amazon and it handles ash way better than the cheap ones. Big difference in suction too.