Here's a trick I learned after dropping a brush 40 feet down a flue in Portland

I was on a job in the Pearl District last Tuesday, cleaning a 3-story Victorian. My brush snapped off the rods and fell all the way to the bottom, and I thought I'd have to pull the whole rig apart. Instead, I fished it out with a magnet on a string that I keep in my truck for exactly this kind of mess. Anyone else keep random tools like that handy for when things go sideways?

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river_fox1811d ago

Keep a couple of those telescoping magnets in my work truck for exactly this reason. Also have a small grabber tool with a claw on the end that I use when a fitting drops into a crawl space or behind a wall. The magnet trick is smart though. Never thought to tie a string to one before dropping it down a flue.

pat_hart11d ago

The magnet on a string thing is genius, but I've noticed that most of the best tricks in life come from one tool solving three different problems you didn't even know you had. Like my paint can opener is also the perfect size for prying old caulk out of bathroom corners.