HETAS Chimney Sweep Kit - Basic
 
This basic kit has been developed for the cleaning of chimney liners and open     chimneys. Each cleaning head has a variation of aggressiveness, this includes a range of soft brushes such as the RPS ‘Mole Brush’ and the more abrasive heads like nylon and metal whip heads. 
 
The variation of rods in this kit gives you the ability to clean a varied diameter range of flues liners and chimneys up to 12m in height.  Flue liners from 5” to 8”  using the 12mm rods, then standard sized open chimneys using a combination of 15mm & 18mm rods. 
 
For more tarred or nest blocked chimneys, there are the options of using the steel capped whips or the chains whips. 
 
The protective sheets included in this kit will cover a large size range of stove openings and open chimney openings with the aid of magnets and tape to   secure these to the appliance, giving you a secure sealed fit. The floor sheets and runners will give you enough coverage for placing all of your equipment on and protecting your customers floor/carpet. 
 
This kit is a basic kit and the bare essentials needed to carry out chimney sweeping. More equipment will be required over a period of time to be able to clean more specific types of flues and appliances.
 
If you are needing more ‘specific to the job’ kit or are hesitant for what equipment you may need for a certain job do not hesitate to contact the RPS Team for advice..
 
The SnapLok Double Button system is highly efficient and takes less than 30 seconds to connect all the double button lock rods together, plus having dual buttons there is no fear of rod disconnection in the flue as compared to single button systems! The rods are all completely corrosion resistant as the ferrules/fittings are all high grade steel, apart from the 12mm rods which are manufactured from stainless steel, this keeps the rods really light and therefore flow a lot smoother in a steel liner, with no ‘liner slap’ that occurs as with heavy brass fittings. All the rods are quadruple crimped on either side of the rod ferrule/fitting. There is also a sizeable tolerance so that when the rods are connected there is enough movement to prevent the soot from jamming the rods together and therefore aids in the disconnecting of the rods.
 
The SnapLok rotary rods are colour coded for easy recognition:
 
8mm Liner Rods  - White
10mm Liner Rods - Red
12mm Liner Rods - White
12mm Liner Stiff Rods - Grey
15mm Rods - Red
 
We do not make a white lead rod, as we feel that this is a weakness in the kit. Using the same rod as a lead rod every time makes that one lead rod very weak after a period of time, and in our experience using other systems this can lead to a breakage of the lead rod, so rotating all the rods in the kit is the preferred method of power sweeping.