chimney porn!!

Just a bit drafty there. You must keep the stove cranking to keep it warm inside.

 

I rode by about a week ago on one of my motorcycles and might have stopped in but I had 3 other guys with me, all of who haven't got a clue about wood burning.

But don't be surprised if I pop in sometime.

 

Please do, it will be great to meet in person and we'll give you the 20 cent tour! We've got the PH back on the kitchen hearth, and a new AS is here, but it won't get installed this year.

 

I pick up my AS first or 2nd week in October.

 

Wow nice setup. Love the basement. In pick #2 I see your chimney is discolored? Mine looked a little like that last winter. I got a little scared I was over heating it. Is it something I should worry about? Thank you for the information.

 

It is actually from oils in the creosote washing off your cap...it shows on the shiny stainless

 

Thats cool. Slate lasts indefinitely. And looks awsome. Around here you see them on Victorian and pre- revolutionary era houses and barns.

 

I was raised in a house that was built in 1854, and it had the original slate roof on it until the last family member left in 1993. Never leaked as far as I remember.

 

I fought a fire in an old 3 story Victorion house several years ago. The fire was in the 3rd story and we had to cut holes in the roof to vent the fire so the guys could work up there to put the fire out. We did and the house was refurbished after the fire. But the slate roof we cut holes in got replaced with regular shingles. Hated to see that. They had been on there for a hundred years. Chief

 

So maybe my wood was a little to wet? When I cleaned the chimney I barely got anything out of it,

 

No not necessarily, even with dry wood it seems like you will get a little buildup on the cap (unless you run the stove pretty hard a lot) and that is enough to get a little streak like that going on after rain/snow, etc

 

perfect that is good to know, Thank you.

 

Also, SS will discolor like that from heat. Chief

 

That's true, it will. Do you see something there that makes you believe it has burnt?
I have seen that "top down" discoloration/staining on numerous chimneys (including mine) that have never been overfired. I really doubt that normal operation would be enough to discolor because you can lay your hand on the bottom of a class A chimney, even when the stove is crankin...and the top will be even cooler. And although it is certainly possible, I suspect Thors chimney has not been heat discolored.

 

You are probably right. However, some SS discolors pretty easily. I have 2 SS chimney caps and one of them is dicolored like that and it has never been over fired. Just throwing that out there as a possibility and nothing to worry about. Chief

 

Mine is not like that now, maybe it washed off from rain. I just thought I may have heated it up to much. Thank you all for your help!

 

Mine gets like that and the rain gets it off. My cap right now is clean and shiny on the inside and outside, and I haven't cleaned it yet. Rain works wonders.

 

Of course if it washes off it is not discoloration of the SS. So sounds like you are good to go.
Chief

 

Here it is with the chase top on and the cap!



Can't wait to get the IS hooked up to this system! Seems like in the wind right now. I will have about $6,000 into this whole "free heat" system with the IS stove, chimney (cap, 20 ft SS, a T, and interior double wall,), the chase, chase cap, and extra work of siding! Thank goodness for CASH or this would have probably been pushing $8,000+ for what the builder wanted to charge me. Got a friend of my dad to build the chase and a friend of a friend to get the chimney pipe (ICC Excell) and install it.

From my calculations I'll start seeing a payback (actually start saving $) in the 5th season! Figuring that off a $200/month heating bill for about 2800-3000 sq ft. Probably wouldn't be that high though. Man I better stay living here for awhile......