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Removing Jackdaw Nest from Clogged Ventilation Duct: Vent Cleaning & Clearing 2+ Meters

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  • #1 13202453
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    Hello. I have a big problem, namely I have a clogged ventilation duct, there is a jackdaw nest as far as I reached, I cleaned it from the bottom and from the top there are more than 2 meters of the nest to choose from. The wire has not been moved for about 20 years. Please let me know if any of you have experienced this and how you fixed it.
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  • #2 13202674
    stanislaw1954
    Level 43  
    Unfortunately, this is sometimes a big problem. If you have access to the chimney from above, then a large weight on the rope (even a few kg) should be dropped into the chimney (or rather thrown). But sometimes this method doesn't work. Then it remains to get to the chimney by forging a hole in the place of the put sticks and removing them.
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  • #3 13202678
    ladamaniac
    Level 40  
    I dismantled the wall of the chimney about 2.5 m from the top edge and selected it by poking the top with a metal pipe. The bullet didn't go through
  • #4 13202889
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    There was a chimney sweep, they want to blow up somehow, I don't know what it is yet. Specifically, they connect something to a hole in the house and some high air pressure is supposed to push it out, but I remind you it's over 2 meters. I'd like to do it myself. because they will make a terrible mess in the house.
  • #5 13203224
    wowka
    Level 28  
    Or maybe set it on fire from above and it will slowly burn itself out
  • #6 13203370
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    I thought about it but it's wet compacted as I mentioned there is everything, earth feces etc.
  • #7 13203395
    lukaszek_socho
    Level 18  
    How many meters is the chimney outlet from the socket?
  • #8 13203424
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    Cleaned about 1.5 m from the bottom, i.e. from the grille and about 2.5 m from the top down, there was 2.5 meters left in the middle of the chimney.
  • #9 13203439
    lukaszek_socho
    Level 18  
    Maybe buy 6m of 1/2 inch pipe, cut it in half, thread it, put a 3m piece in first then tighten the other one and peck at that plug until you pop it.
  • #10 13203450
    stas256
    Level 19  
    I would try to pour 1-2kg of glowing coal. Possibly a crowbar on the rope.....
  • #11 13203468
    balonika3
    Level 43  
    What is the cross section of the chimney? Maybe make something like a trephine drill out of a metal pipe (cut out the teeth at the end), attach it to the pole and screw it into the socket. This crap should get into the pipe and you will take it out in such portions.
  • #12 13203530
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    I only have access to the ventilation hole in the kitchen and the attic cleaning hole, and there is eternit on the roof. In short, it's not as if I wanted to, because I could do it with a sharpened pipe from the roof, I've done it elsewhere, but here there is eternit and only an inspection hole on the attic and in the kitchen.
  • #13 13203576
    wowka
    Level 28  
    What's the problem with this eternity? if you don't weigh 120 kg, you can walk on it, just gently without jumping, it won't break
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  • #14 13203845
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    As I said, only inspection holes are involved and I know how to walk after eternit, but it's not the time for it, even with my weight of 105 kg.
  • #15 13204301
    kybernetes
    Level 39  
    A flexible but relatively stiff plastic pipe, a spiral for the sewage system in it, some claws / auger and a shield screwed on the end of the spiral to rest against the pipe outlet. One pushes the pipe, the other spins the spiral. Scratch from the bottom and pick out a little bit.
  • #16 13205144
    Przemo9826
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    And I would put a burner from the bottom to heat the roofing felt. What burns will burn, the damp will dry out a bit, the garbage will fall down.
  • #17 13205238
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    I've thought about it, but I would have to extend the range on some flexible extension because it's in the middle of the chimney.
  • #18 13205266
    Tommy82
    Level 41  
    Check if there is even a minimum draft in the chimney as it is fired from the top and it will burn like a cigar.
    If there is no draft, there is no need to smoke, because it will go out, and so as not to hammer, you could drill and blow air from the bottom, but you would have to go down every few dozen cm and plug the holes above so as not to get poisoned, but drilling in the chimney is not the best idea because it may take revenge in a few years in various ways.

    Extension is not a problem, you need a PVC installation pipe
    As advised
    cybernetes

    At the end, you mount something like a drilling head which you drive with a snake in the pipe and it works like a cable drive in a car meter.
    The pipe is flexible enough to break in the revision and in the chimney it will go straight and will tear the garbage
    It might be something like a foraminifera
    http://www.okazje.info.pl/okazja/dom-i-ogrod/...aft-otwornica-do-plaster-boards-standard.html

    only that it would be good if they had some way for garbage to fly down because it can clog Teeth can also be too aggressive in such a case
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  • #19 13205296
    Przemo9826
    VIP Meritorious for electroda.pl
    Cigar won't pass, moisture, earth....

    Draft is very important, without draft all fire tests are out of the question.

    Hold on to the extension for now, insert the burner and get to work.

    Just be careful, boy, so that I don't watch you tomorrow on teleexpres....
  • #20 13205354
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    After all, the burner will also go out without oxygen.
  • #21 13205428
    Tommy82
    Level 41  
    The burner has a chance because you burn from the bottom.

    A drill could be used to drive the head. Once I put something like this for lapping valves in the head from the drill frame of the father of the production, which was a drill attachment for the drive of the meat grinder and a lathe for the production of rungs for my first bed.
  • #22 13205553
    _jta_
    Electronics specialist
    We tried to smoke, then we had to paint/wallpaper the apartment (not to mention washing everything that could be washed), because the smoke did not want to go out through the chimney, it flew into the apartment and everything was covered with soot (paper wallpaper or painted walls you can't wash off the soot with glue paint) - and the nest didn't move anyway, even though it was less than a meter long of the chimney. One of my friends had a chimney sweep ball, he climbed in and left it so many times until he pierced it - but I understand that it can't be done here, because it's too much?

    There is only one method left (there is no point in trying with fire - risk of fire + guarantee of coverage with soot on everything where the smoke will be able to get): make a gripper, lower it, grab the nest piece by piece and pull it out until it breaks through the whole thing (unfortunately, this is a tedious job); then throw the rest down with a chimney sweeper's ball, and sweep the remains that remain with a brush (also a chimney sweep). Or even more: use a spring like for pushing a sewage system from the bottom - only when you drill it through the socket will pieces fall on your head.
  • #23 13205948
    stas256
    Level 19  
    As I wrote, you pour glowing coal from the top. Possibly some metal pipe with a connection to the compressor and you will burn out. Coke would be even better

    ps the theme will start to resemble an expedition to an asteroid, drilling rigs, heads, drills
  • #24 13206092
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    Only dynamite is missing. But seriously, on Friday, professional chimney sweeps are coming, we'll see what they say, so we wait until Friday. If they don't have a good idea, I'll do something. Anyway, thanks for the tips, I'll get back to you soon.
  • #25 13209305
    Alemucha
    Level 28  
    1/2" vertical barbell in 2 pieces with thread + muff. Practice. Vacuum cleaner with a few wires, and finally matches. The only problem is securing yourself and tools.
  • #26 13209495
    _jta_
    Electronics specialist
    A vacuum cleaner is an idea, but it needs a lot of power and the tank will quickly become clogged. And I'm afraid it will be hard to find one that sucks enough to pull the socket. Rather, make some kind of gripper with a clawed end, tightened by pulling the cord, and with this pick them out piece by piece.
  • #28 13214362
    marcincar77
    Level 14  
    Hello again. Professional chimney sweeps came today and did what I didn't want to do. They gave me a small brush in the kitchen. They rummaged for an hour and a half, they dusted the whole kitchen, they dirty the wall, and they were supposed to come with other equipment. In a conversation with the boss, I heard that they would come and put on such a blower and everything would blow up. I did it because I have the equipment and I did most of it myself, I took out more crap than they did, I did it half a day and I didn't make such crap like they did, I just dusted it a bit and the professionals dusted and in addition they dirty the wall and not with the crap from the chimney, but with their black clothes. Well, I'll be more careful in the future. So I consider the issue closed.
  • #29 13214889
    _jta_
    Electronics specialist
    At our place, we put a drawer from the freezer (a wire one) on the chimney, upside down - the jackdaw has no chance to get inside through it, and if it made a nest on top, it should fall down from the first storm - I guess the jackdaws think so, because they try.
  • #30 13215922
    Anonymous
    Anonymous  

Topic summary

The discussion revolves around the challenge of removing a jackdaw nest from a clogged ventilation duct, which is over 2 meters deep. Various methods are suggested, including using a weighted rope to dislodge the nest, dismantling parts of the chimney, and employing a flexible plastic pipe with a spiral to extract debris. Some participants propose using fire to burn the nest, while others caution against this due to the risk of smoke damage and fire hazards. The original poster expresses frustration with professional chimney sweeps who created a mess during their attempt to clear the duct. Ultimately, the poster managed to remove a significant amount of debris themselves before the professionals arrived. The conversation highlights the importance of careful planning and the potential for DIY solutions in dealing with such issues.
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