Chimney Cleaning

It looks good Kim, i s this a crack in the pipe or just nothing.

 

That is the tee; this is trying to look up the chimney from the bottom. So anything below the tee is not really that dirty. I might try getting a photo above the tee.

 

"Paralysis by Analysis" for Kimberly!!!! If your stove glass is relatively clean, and the stove bricks are relatively clean, and the chimney cap ain't plugged..................just sweep the damm thing and call it good.

If'n you're worried; sweep again in a month, that's what I did my first year burning to put my mind at ease.

 

You are not being very nice and you really don't understand my question. It appears that the chimney AFTER I CLEANED IT might have some harder (creosote maybe?) left on the interior of the chimney. I was asking if the soot-eater thingy would knock this off or not; would it leave the chimney cleaner? I figured those with the soot-eater might could possibly answer this question. If you don't have the soot-eater then you probably cannot answer this question.

 

I'm saying almost no non pro cleaning tool will not take off much, if any, heavy stage 3 creosote (the wet, or heavy, or tarry, or shiny stuff) But many non pro tools (including SE) will take off what you have laying on the deck there...

 

My point is that you continually look at the minutia and miss the "big picture". Even when it's told to you time and again. Remember your Madison hinge thread???? IOW's; you look at the blade of grass, and miss the lawn......................you see the bark on the tree, but miss the forest..........................

You got some flaky brown/black, coffee grounds looking stuff out of your chimney; which is normal..............................you weren't able to clean the horizontal section of your set up..........................continue burning and clean the whole thing next time when you get the tools.

So I'm not nice....................

 

Look at it this way...the ones on here that have a soot eater probably don't have the creosote to begin with.

So it's hard to say if the soot eater will remove the creosote.

Was that nice and precise and concise?

I can type it twice!

My advice would be to check the price and then decide what type of cleaning/sweeping device will suffice without you having to make too much of a sacrifice.

 

The answer is no. The plastic strings on a soot eater will not attack that hard, glassy creosote at all, whatsoever. They will not even polish it up. To remover that stuff takes much more aggressive cleaning methods that often not compatible with modern, stainless steel lined chimneys. The most effective way I have seen is a set of chains rotating on a drill- driven metal disc; sort of like a soot eater gone nuclear. But they would beat the S.S. liner to death.

As I previously recommended, Anti -Creosoot is a mild acid that will attack and break down those hard deposits without apparently harming anything else. A little chemical treachery and cunning to replace stone- age hacking and chipping.

Brian

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01I...ebp_QL65&keywords=auto+inspection+camera+22.9

Let's try that link again. I originally posted via computer, but I see what y'all were saying about the link not showing up on a mobile. I'm posting this one via mobile, let' see what happens. If it still doesn't show, you can go to Amazon and type "auto inspection camera 22.9" and it' the third result down, for $10.00.

 

Yeah, and it seems I've been getting a lot of age, lately!

 

damm British.

 

I haven't returned to the chimney yet. I forgot that I can take the bottom section of chimney off so that will make it easier for me to see into the chimney. Plus, that gives me another foot to get into the chimney.

$50.00 is like two tanks of petrol. I was going to take time to go to Lowe's and get what I needed to extend my chimney cleaner but things get in the way. I will go out tomorrow; DG has coffee on offer and with an extra $1.00 off manufacturer's coupon.

 

If you are looking to save money on a sweeper, look on Craigslist. The pole sections are usually available cheap online, and it's not like they wear out. A new bristle is like 12 bucks at menards... Combine that with a second hand pole and Bob's your Uncle.

 

$50 May Be Alot Of Money, But You Sure wont Be Worrying About Coffee If Your Place Burns Down. This should be top of the priority list.

 

That is true. Which is why I wanted to know if my cleaning is doing a satisfactory job or not. I looked at the anti creosote stuff and if that stuff does work, I am going to invest in it as well as doing chimney cleanings.

 

I've got a similar setup; exterior chimney (8") with a bottom clean-out. I use an 8" poly brush with Rutland flexible rods. Takes under 30 minutes to clean it out and have it all back together and the brush/rods taken apart.

 

Right, like a "boot" or a "Laurie."