OK, I know some of the wood I have been burning is greener that I would like to burn (18-28% MC). I mix it in with the ash that I have. Last night I loaded up my stove over a good bed of coals. It was rock n rolling & according to my Chimguard thermostat, I hit about 625 degrees in the stove. I was only there for about 10 minutes or so as I was keeping a very close eye on it. I wanted to clean out my chimney. I then closed the flue and let it cool off a bit. Weird thing is, my house filled up with some smoke for a short time and it smelled funny. I went outside and looked at the chimney, no smoke there. I went up in the attic, no smoke there either. My class a triple wall still looked new like it was professionally installed in the beginning of October. The gasket on the bottom of my door came loose when I opened the door in the middle of that burn. I stuffed back in and was business as usual.
That brings me to my next question. Does everyone clean their glass doors after every burn? I have been and using "Woodstove Glass Cleaner" by Meeco's Red Devil that I purchased from Menards. Did this stuff eat the glue holding my gasket in place? The glass is about black right now. I can see a red glow from the coals, but that's about it.
The smoke that was produced last night, could that have been from the high stove temperatures burning the creosote out of my pipe?
That brings me to my next question. Does everyone clean their glass doors after every burn? I have been and using "Woodstove Glass Cleaner" by Meeco's Red Devil that I purchased from Menards. Did this stuff eat the glue holding my gasket in place? The glass is about black right now. I can see a red glow from the coals, but that's about it.
The smoke that was produced last night, could that have been from the high stove temperatures burning the creosote out of my pipe?