Finally got up on the roof a few weeks ago to do my fall chimney inspection/cleaning. I have two flues running side-by-side up the same chase - a wood stove (Quadrafire) and a pellet boiler (Windhager). Both flues have rain caps.
I typically have to scrape off the rain cap from the wood stove. I burn seasoned wood and the Quadrafire is a clean burning stove that doesn't create many deposits in my chimney, but the cap gets cold from the wind and the flue gas tars condense on it. I was curious to see how the Windhager flue/cap was doing - I hadn't inspected it since I installed it last fall.
Can you tell which cap belongs to the wood stove?
![Check out these chimney cap pics Check out these chimney cap pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/143/143709-5f9d2433f0429504f0bc7c99bcd74514.jpg)
I typically have to scrape off the rain cap from the wood stove. I burn seasoned wood and the Quadrafire is a clean burning stove that doesn't create many deposits in my chimney, but the cap gets cold from the wind and the flue gas tars condense on it. I was curious to see how the Windhager flue/cap was doing - I hadn't inspected it since I installed it last fall.
Can you tell which cap belongs to the wood stove?
![Check out these chimney cap pics Check out these chimney cap pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/143/143708-04b81d64b6c4d73129773539557592b0.jpg)
![Check out these chimney cap pics Check out these chimney cap pics](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/143/143709-5f9d2433f0429504f0bc7c99bcd74514.jpg)