Rav Chaim is not a lone wolf on this issue.
I thin you may owe R. Chaim an apology for using his name and mine in the same sentence.
If someone is seeking out every kula, I’m sure he can find them. Like you said, “but we clearly don’t do that.”
Agreed. But that doesn’t prove the point that it’s normative halacha. In fact, since there *are* clearly those who permit (even if you don’t hold so for yourself) then it’s clearly not a unanimous opinion.
The Wolf