Hi everyone! Since this is my first year burning in our new wood stove. I've been a firebug my whole life and have used plenty of peoples wood stoves, but this is the first year I've burned 24/7 and maintained my own stove. Since I'm essentially a newbie with this stove I figured I'd clean the chimney and stove once a month. I have 5 ft of double wall stove pipe and 17ft of double wall chimney pipe on an interior chase. I'm cleaning the chimney from the bottom up using the SootEater.
My wood for this year is not 100% ideal. Its mostly oak and its in the low 20's for moisture. I first cleaned the chimney on December 1st after about 6 weeks of burning. During those 6 weeks I was dealing with the lurning curve and also burning a bunch of lumber scraps and some rounds of seasoned cedar.
Anywho....I got 2 cups of creosote after the first six weeks. Here is what I had on December 3rd.
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I just cleaned it again for the second time. During the past five weeks I've been trying to get longer burns so I was expecting a bit more creosote. I got 1.25 cups. Not too shabby.
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What do you think? Is this an acceptable amount of creosote after 5 weeks? Thanks!
My wood for this year is not 100% ideal. Its mostly oak and its in the low 20's for moisture. I first cleaned the chimney on December 1st after about 6 weeks of burning. During those 6 weeks I was dealing with the lurning curve and also burning a bunch of lumber scraps and some rounds of seasoned cedar.
Anywho....I got 2 cups of creosote after the first six weeks. Here is what I had on December 3rd.
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I just cleaned it again for the second time. During the past five weeks I've been trying to get longer burns so I was expecting a bit more creosote. I got 1.25 cups. Not too shabby.
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What do you think? Is this an acceptable amount of creosote after 5 weeks? Thanks!