I’ve been burning a lot of wood this winter and my chimney has plugged with what looks like sheets of black glass, what is wrong and how do I fix it?
Thanks, It was dry, 90% ash 10% box elderBurning fresh cut green/wet softwood tends to build creosote up faster than burning seasoned (dry) hardwoods.
This is a new EPA clean burning stove, this may be the problem!Thanks, It was dry, 90% ash 10% box elder
YES!!! those are the problem. The gasses get cooled too much and the chimney acts like a condenser with barely enough updraft to get the smoke out.This is a new EPA clean burning stove, this may be the problem!
45s rather than 90s elbows make it easier to get a brush down, But take more space.I know we have build up right now that is going to have to get cleaned out soon. Since we have 2 elbows, it only makes it harder to clean out. So if you put in a wood stove, make sure it is easily cleaned straight up! You have to be on our roof to clean out (and I really HATE heights) parts of it and the other down in the bedroom banging on it to fall off. Sometimes you need to take apart and put back together. That is my world now that Hunny is getting older in life. If anyone knows a simpler way, please let me know. We try to burn oak mainly, but also pecan and hackberry.
This is a new EPA clean burning stove, this may be the problem!
Those EPA stoves have caused lots of house fires, they dont allow for a fast enough air flow so that cresote dont collect!!, have burned down many houses!!! They require LOTS more maintenance!!YES!!! those are the problem. The gasses get cooled too much and the chimney acts like a condenser with barely enough updraft to get the smoke out.
Edit: Nevermind, he no longer has them.Ok, can a good wood burner be bought in USA? Brand name?
Sorry to unearth an old thread to piggyback, but blame it on me being a noob.YES!!! those are the problem. The gasses get cooled too much and the chimney acts like a condenser with barely enough updraft to get the smoke out.
Cresote buildup is a product of incomplete combustion and slow burning!Sorry to unearth an old thread to piggyback, but blame it on me being a noob.
Do you have the same opinion on both the reburn tubes and a catalytic converter EPA stove?
I'm looking to install a wood cookstove and we have been dissuaded by many and encouraged to get a propane fireplace. Neither me or my husband mind sweeping a chimney and we have wood for fuel, so propane seems silly to me. (Not saying it would be for everyone, but our circumstances would make it so, I think.)
The cookstoves we were considering has reburn tubes.
Also wondering if the chimney being insulated inside the house envelope vs outside wall makes a difference in creosote buildup.
And burning the wrong kind of wood...Cresote buildup is a product of incomplete combustion and slow burning!
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