You guys running a non EPA stove, how much stuff do you get out of the chimney during a cleaning? I clean mine once a month and get about a cereal bowl full of dry black powder. I have 16ft of chimney. I have properly seasoned wood. I just didnt know if the non-EPA ran a little dirtier than the EPA ones. And how clean do you brush your chimney. I run the brush through it a couple times, i dont scrub the heck out of it. Is that ok or should i be like running the bush through alot of times. I always seem to get some streaks on the insides of the chimney where it looks like my brush didnt clean completely, but it did knock most of it off. Thanks guys!
Oh, and if i was forming creosote, what does it look like? All i ever get is a very thin coat of dry black powder.
Oh, and if i was forming creosote, what does it look like? All i ever get is a very thin coat of dry black powder.