Well i took my stove pipe off to have a look at my chimney. Thick black creosote all the way up. not going to burn till i get it swept going to do that tomorrow.
Those low flue temps are killing you.corey21 said:Well i took my stove pipe off to have a look at my chimney. Thick black creosote all the way up. not going to burn till i get it swept going to do that tomorrow.
yeah big time lesson learned.oldspark said:Those low flue temps are killing you.corey21 said:Well i took my stove pipe off to have a look at my chimney. Thick black creosote all the way up. not going to burn till i get it swept going to do that tomorrow.
chimney was clean before i put the new stove in. and that was 2 weeks ago.roberth42 said:Can I ask you when was the last time it was swept?
yeah im lucky i thought to check.n3pro said:WOW that bad after two weeks! At least you found out before the big POOF!
I have a factory built chimney 11 feet tall.krex1010 said:What's your chimney setup? Is your liner insulated?
6 inch outlet in to 6 inch pipekrex1010 said:What is the flue size? Does your stove pipe vent into a much larger flue?
The only way i have got good temps is to leave the door open well cracked. Now my last stove worked great and it was hooked up to the same chimney as this one. no creosote filled pipes. i think this stove is junk.albertj03 said:Why such low flue temps? Cutting back the air to soon and letting the wood smolder?
i used this wood last winter in the other stove i had a surface thermo on the pipe it was hard to keep it out of the red zone pushed 500 in no time.BeGreen said:Sounds more like the wood is not ready to burn this year?
corey21 said:i used this wood last winter in the other stove i had a surface thermo on the pipe it was hard to keep it out of the red zone pushed 500 in no time.BeGreen said:Sounds more like the wood is not ready to burn this year?
I think that could be the problem im not getting enough coals built up. And i think im not putting in enough wood for it to burn hot like it should. Does this sound right?zapny said:corey21 said:i used this wood last winter in the other stove i had a surface thermo on the pipe it was hard to keep it out of the red zone pushed 500 in no time.BeGreen said:Sounds more like the wood is not ready to burn this year?
corey21 last year I resplit our wood because I split it for a older model stove thinking it would work in the epa approved stove and it did not.
The resplit wood worked like a charm, then when I built up the coals the bigger splits worked better.
zap
corey21 said:I think that could be the problem im not getting enough coals built up. And i think im not putting in enough wood for it to burn hot like it should. Does this sound right?zapny said:corey21 said:i used this wood last winter in the other stove i had a surface thermo on the pipe it was hard to keep it out of the red zone pushed 500 in no time.BeGreen said:Sounds more like the wood is not ready to burn this year?
corey21 last year I resplit our wood because I split it for a older model stove thinking it would work in the epa approved stove and it did not.
The resplit wood worked like a charm, then when I built up the coals the bigger splits worked better.
zap
So i need to load more wood in there then just 3 splits. oh Pen i saw your videos on youtube should try and fill it up like you do.pen said:corey21 said:I think that could be the problem im not getting enough coals built up. And i think im not putting in enough wood for it to burn hot like it should. Does this sound right?zapny said:corey21 said:i used this wood last winter in the other stove i had a surface thermo on the pipe it was hard to keep it out of the red zone pushed 500 in no time.BeGreen said:Sounds more like the wood is not ready to burn this year?
corey21 last year I resplit our wood because I split it for a older model stove thinking it would work in the epa approved stove and it did not.
The resplit wood worked like a charm, then when I built up the coals the bigger splits worked better.
zap
Quite simply, yep.
pen
Me to it could had been dangerous doing that with the creosote problem.pen said:for comparison, it certainly can't hurt.
It's all part of the learning process.
I'm just glad you found the creosote now before you tried experimenting.
pen
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