Just had my done today. He came just early enough to beat the hail/snow we got later in the day. Didn't add up to much but boy did it darken the sky and make for a quick white out! Anyway the chimney is cleaned and I cleaned the boiler inside and out. It is now fired back up just in time for this cold night we are going to have. Good time to clean you chimney. I usually have it done in November and then again in late February or March.
Brushed out the flue in October, regasketed the stove and gave it a new cat combustor. With nice dry wood ( mostly b.locust and ash but some other stuff) the burning is well behaved this year. We got about 2-3 cups of flake creosote which was 2 months burning last season. This is typical of our system.
I clean ours at the end of the year and the first warm day in January. We could get away with a yearly cleaning but it makes us feel better doing it this way.
Need to do that Though I don't worry like I used to. No creosote cicles hanging off the cap like years ago
Did mine a few days ago, and got about a cup. Been burning since mid-September. Better than I expected, given the season. Once real winter starts, the flue stays cleaner even with an older stove. With the extra 3 feet, I'm curious how the cap will do this year. That's where I get some buildup.
Checked it in September and it didn't need cleaned. I still ran a brush through it and got a handful of powder out of it. Should be good till next year.
Doesn't sound like this cleaning was done very well.. Would like to know the rest of the story. Firewood moisture, type of installation, qualifications of the person who did the cleaning. etc etc.. http://merrimack.patch.com/groups/p...-dogs-displaced-by-accidental-wood-stove-fire
Ya. My chimney use to stay cleaner when burning in my wood stove. The stack temps were higher. Now, my gasification boiler does such a good job of pulling the heat out of the wood that the stack temps are lower. This means the chimney doesn't stay as clean as it use to. Especially at the top. (That is about 28 feet off the ground.) But, we are nice and warm, with even temps throughout the house. Nothing like nice wood heat controlled by thermostats throughout the house, and garage! Like Dave Mathews sings, "Got central heatin, and I'm alright."
Pallet Pete cleaned our chimney. I'll be making a new thread about that one. Maybe that will come tomorrow, but he said it looked bad so we ran the brush through it. Here is what we got. That is a 5 gallon bucket and this is 4 years since the last cleaning. I might add, this is the first time we got black but that is why I'll be making the new thread to describe why we got it.
I used to get a 5 gallon bucket full, with my smoke dragon and seasoned wood from the wood guy, we will we what happens with the 30 and my seasoned wood, first year with really good wood. I am still a little worried about the last ten feet that go through the attic after the 25 through the house.
Now that is some clean burning Dennis. I can't do that with my Gassification boiler. Just don't have the stack temperatures to keep it that clean. All our wood we burn is under 20% moisture content. (Now that I've been talking with you boys for several years. ) My cleaner gets 3 to 4 times that out of my chimney twice a year. How many feet of chimney is that out of? Is your chimney straight up from your stove? My chimney is 28 feet up on the outside of the building. Another about 5 feet on the inside. Goes through the wall, then 90s, and as it gets to the top of the second floor takes a 30 degree detour out and around the soffit and facia, and another 30 bend back and straight up. I know a guy by the name of, InfinityMike (you probably know him as well, that knucklehead from long Island, hi Mike!) who has a wood gun like mine and his stack goes straight up from his ash cyclone through his garage roof and is probably only 16-8 feet (just guessing). I'm thinking his chimney stays cleaner than mine as well.
Cleaning mine in September when I put in the adjustable length pipe. Got maybe a cup. Going to do it again in January.
For insurance purposes I will run a brush through the flue once a year ,but it is always clean . This was taken after burning 2 cords . The old Jetstream with its pressurized forced combustion chamber burns very clean.
Alan. I have a great idea. It just came across my mind. When you get to the point you know the Jetstream that won't die, really won't, and you won't need the other one. You can sell it to me!
Exactly what I do. Don't need it but once a year, but better to be safe and know what I have or "don't have" Looking forward to your thread Dennis
I hope that Jet Stream you are using now is a tough son of a gun, cause it will need to run another 40 years then! Well that picture is interesting. I've never seen that before.
