Creosote running down stovepipe

Back in the day, it was common to install stove pipe with the crimp up, in theory to help with draft. I know your chimney is old. Is it possible to install the connector correctly, with whatever kind of adapter is at the ceiling?

Might have to change your burning habits a bit. Maybe small, clean burning fires?

I've found that ash can vary quite a bit, especially near the bottom of the tree. Ten feet up may be at 16%, but a few feet lower will squeeze water out on the splitter.

Perhaps there is a leak, and rainwater is finding it's way down the pipe?

Bottom line, something ain't right. Crimp up or down, you shouldn't have anything like that in the pipe in the first place.

 

I think it has a lot to do with the rain and cold fires. And, of course the crimp. I will need to take apart the stove pipe and re-do it. For a while I was doing a long slow burn for the night and during the afternoon having a small hot fire. I roasted it pretty good last night.

 

Hard to describe but very distinctive. I think of it as burnt popcorn + burnt beans with some burnt chemical odor. Probably not a good description.

 

Hmm...That's a tough one. Never had a skunk in the house thank goodness.

 

To me creosote smells like jaggermiester{spelling?} tastes....

 

I had this problem last year, and found it to be the slight air leak in the connectors of the pipe, specifically on the "Adjustable pipe". And I hated that pipe cause "adjusting it" once it got used and gunked up was next to impossible! I had to slide it down to get off to clean the chimney (from below). So last summer I replaced it with a custom length of pipe, and one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZAVDOK...UTF8&colid=2YABQW747I3E7&coliid=IYMG2CVJPH7BI

It seals MUCH better, comes off MUCH better, and looks MUCH better. No croe dripping this year!

 

Exactly, you should not have creosote running down your stove pipe no matter what, that's a good way to burn your house down.
Many people with cat stoves report creosote when the stoves are run low, thats how creosote forms (low flue temps), look it up if you dont believe me.
No way in hell do I want creosote running down my stove pipe.