Winter woodstove prep

I have a friend that bought a kit from Menards. It had a do-it-from-inside assembly. Basically it had a brush and fiberglass rods that screw together as needed. There was a tarp like thingy to hang on the front of the fireplace to keep the dust down. As I recall he would stick a shop vac under the tarp thingy and run a looong hose to the vac placed outdoors.