Brushed flu

Not bad for a year
Most is from the cap.

 

Dry wood cannot be beat.

 

Huh. If you saw what came out of my old flue system, you'd think I was cleaning every chimney in the canyon !
New pipes are breathing much better, no buildup. Hope it looks like yours when time to clean, Dave.

 

Not sure why, but the chimney cap
gets some of creo
& inside the stove behind the metal
shield gets creo.
Real dry wood , maybe the oil & wax in the birch bark???
But the Chimney’s good & clean

 

I get the same build up behind the shields, we discussed using that Simpson strap to clean it out. My old Class A was so poorly designed, I can't believe the house is still here. New Class A and a much improved smoke path should alleviate the problems I had before.

 

I'm going to stand on the roof and do that.

 

Could be from the birch bark. I get a little too at the cap, but I think that's mostly due to me not trimming back the top of the liner to be flush with the bottom of the cap. It does obstruct flow a little.
I keep telling myself that I should bring up the grinder and just do it when I sweep the chimney.

 

Never thought of using a purple sled under my clean out...you might be on to something there.

 

It was handy,
usually use a cardboard box.

 

Interesting, my cap stays clean.
Most of the resideu is much closer to the stove.

 

My liner is not insulated. It's a 6" ss liner in a Terra cotta flue. I've got a feeling that this minor issue would be solved by dumping a bunch of insulation down the Terra cotta flue. That would keep the pipe temps from dropping much.

 

There might be a brushed shot for that.

 

I hate to be a Debbie downer, but it looks like you swept a child’s sled out of the flue. Usually this means wet wood, lol