Cleaned the chimney

Ya. Time for me to have my chimney guy come and do a good cleaning too. Next week I think. Where is the after picture swags?

 

That's fugly.
Do you absolutely need the mesh?

 

I was thinking the same thing. That mesh is a magnet for gunk. That would really slow down the draft if'n it got any worse.

 

Cut it out, then reinstall in non- burning season to keep out the critters.

 

Nice work swags. Way to stay on top of things. No ladder necessary. Except a real short one to get in that truck after you get the 35s on there.

 

Mine looked about the same when I cleaned it, I think it's more a function of the extreme cold this year and not so-so wood. I'm either going to get another style cap or cut some of the diamonds out, I hate going on my roof (even though it's relatively easy) since I'm afraid of heights and I go up and check that every year about half way through and clean it while I'm up there. You probably had the same problem as me and couldn't get up there because of snow depth. I ended up using my roof rake to clear a path and the warm sun cleaned a nice path up for me today.

 

I was thinking it may just get clean again when the rains come. My cap looks like new in the summer. Like Weatherguy said, it may be the cold this year that caused it.

 

Spoken, Yoda has. Exactly what I was thinking, that is. Yes, hmmm?

 

It might have but it was so cold it probably wasn't noticeable. I didn't notice mine until the other day I opened my door and a puff of smoke wafted into the room, I knew right off what it was. Now that it's cleared I got super draft back tonight.

 

Wow that does seem bad for a cat stove...I would guess it's the marginal wood. My old dragon used to get that way but this new stove shows very little build up.

 

The Princess is a dirty burner imo, the flue temps are so low it doesn't take much to gunk it up when the exhaust hits the cold cap. My chimney was a lot cleaner when I had a non cat hooked to it since it blew so much heat up the chimney.

 

Was just saying the same thing about mine, I noticed too that when I closed the bypass it felt different, I worked it back and forth and I think something came loose because now I can close it tighter, I get that last click now. I see its already burning a lot different than it was lately , I'll see how long it burns tonights load.

 

If the BK Princess burns that dirty, how does it pass the epa emissions test?