Vacuums

As you can see from the photo above, this is not your standard household vacuum. The vacuum that a chimney professional uses is a high-powered machine which is built to clean chimneys. You wouldn't want to do the wall-to-wall carpet with this machine. Consider that frequently the vacuum sucks up warm, if not hot, embers and that a standard household vacuum, even a garage wet/dry vac, would not last long under such strenuous usage.