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Tis the season for inspecting your set-up!!

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  1. WeldrDave

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    Valuable Info!!! :yes:
     
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    Check on your neighbors Hoarders. Some might recall a family we know from kid's school and we buy beef from lost their home, and their husband and father perished from a chimney fire. WWW was called to a roof across from the ranch that burned down that he'd done several years ago, that woman's husband sadly had passed since and the widow said she had "something" leaking from her roof by the wood stove pipe. This older woman had creosote oozing from the pipe & spark arrestor, so much it was dripping off and melting the shingles it fell on below. (pic does not reflect the amount of creosote that was really there). She knew about the fire across the way as well as knew her husband and WWW had done commercial business together, she promised him she would not burn it again til her son could come clean it, and listened and understood WWW explaining what seasoned wood is and how dangerous wet wood is. Point made, she just lost a neighbor this Oct. and she likely got lucky with a chimney fire that boiled raw liquid creosote over.​
     
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  3. MikeInMa

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    It's the time of year to clean out your stoves and chimneys.

    Mine is getting done this morning.
     
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    Im with you Mike, get it done before it gets hot, leave time for repairs over the summer: painting, firebrick replacement or repair, gaskets, glass, sealing the back corners, scrub the afterburners...

    Fall is the wrong time to effect a repair...

    Sca
     
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    Yesterday was nice here, temp was low 80's, humidity was low, in the 50% level which is very rare for here. The new pipe and stove was all cleaned out. :yes: It Pays to burn real dry wood! My whole set up/pipe was new last year, and I only got about a large coffee can full of soot/buildup out of the pipe, about 16ft up.
    As a matter of fact, when I shined the flash light up the pipe, I could still see "shiny" areas in the pipe! :binoculars::cool: Life is good and ready for this coming winter. :) Dam, although I really don't want to be here... :headbang:
     
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    Just had our annual stove and safety meeting with the family last night. Went over everything 911, emergency exits on 2nd fl, meeting spot, fire extinguishers, smoke alarm check. I was proud of my two oldest they didn't blink and knew everything. Ready for burning season.
     
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    Finally cleaned my chimney.
    A thin layer of black powdery stuff came out and up.
    Will pull the stove pipe, clean and vaccuumm all that out tomorrow. But the hard part is done!

    I made a new setup for hauling the sweep, drill paracord up there. The green paracord loop and beaner are for clipping and hanging the top piece off the chimney while I clean down. The tube is an old piece of down spout, the blue rope screwed on from the inside. The peanut butter jar is screwed on from the outside. All self tapping screws.

    Rope i leave up there for easier access.
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    View from the top.

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    Tools rig.
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    Keep an eye on that crack. Freeze/thaw will make it bigger.
     
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    Willdo. That was there last year. Mebbe I'll find some sealer and get it on there.
    Thanks for the heads-up.
    Sca
     
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    I used some crown repair on my chimney, came out really nice and I feel better things are sealed up a bit.

    In the market for a new soot eater whip head, mine wore down pretty good! Last I saw northline exp had em.
     
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    I just pulled the stove pipe off.
    It has been 2 years since I opened it up.
    there was a 1/16 layer of fine black ash, as well as some grey further back.
    Stove pipe looks good generally. But I can see where having a few of the proper sections handy might be a good thing.

    So, I'm feeling good about not pulling the stove pipe apart for a couple more years easily.
    I had the wood stove apart last year for cleaning and painting, so I don't think I'll pull it apart this year.

    We are ready to burn. And I expect that to be in the next couple weeks.

    SCA
     
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    Just another friendly reminder folks, do a good inspection of your setups and appliances prior to burning!

    Be it a wood stove, pellet stove, gas stove, etc..... Clean and inspect the flue, look over the entire stove for any flaws, cracks, etc, clean and inspect your CAT, secondary tubes, inspect and replace any gaskets needing attention, and most importantly, check and clean your fire alarms and/or smoke detectors and make sure you have fire extinguishers AND a evacuation plan discussed amongst the family. You and your families are what matters the most here at FHC! Please read through pinned post at the beginning of this thread and also there are lots of great comments and suggestions in the thread itself. If you have anything to add, please do so!

    We've officially just begun our fall 2023 shoulder season here in the PA central mountains, just the nightly "chiller killsers" when the temps call for it. Please, everyone, burn safely, hoard safely and enjoy the change of seasons......
     
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    Good reminder , I did all that first of October took the stove apart cleaned it cleaned the chimney first fire Of the season is happening right now:fire:
     
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    Glad to hear it buddy, hope you've been doing well!
     
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    Thanks, I hope you are doing well also, besides normal aches and pains I'm doing OK
     
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    I have been burning lots of sub par nuggets and shorts in the shop stove this season. Swept the class a chimney before before I started the season. This morning I lit the stove first thing so it would warm up came back an hour or so later and the shop was full of smoke. Dampers the stove down and took the clean out off the chimney tee, could see no light at the top. The hardware cloth was caked… don’t take long with crappy wood.
     
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    At least it was the shop, not quite as bad as the house.
     
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    I’d burn oil before I burnt any questionable wood in the house, just not worth it.
     
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    The screens on my caps are the biggest issues I have, even when burning premium wood. When it's really cold out, that extreme temperature differential at the exit of the flue causes issues on start-ups and reloads after the fire has died down. I monitor the screens closely all winter long.
     
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