I have been burning wood all my life, but don't recall seeing creosote form the way this stove is doing it. I took my pipe apart to move the stove. We did away with the hearth pad and built a hearth right into the corner. Anyway, the creosote is worse about 4 feet above the stove than it is at the top of the chimney, where the temps should be the coolest. We have had a warm november here and the stove hasnt been as hot as it probably should be and my wood isn't as seasoned as I would like. The stuff that is about 4 feet up is real dark and brittle flaky creosote. This is still in the single wall pipe. Once it passes into the metalbestos a little further up from that it was just a real light soot that came right out with the first pass of the brush. The other stuff took a little working back and forth.
I try to make sure to get the pipe up to 500 twice a day to keep the creosote down. Can anyone tell me why this is forming this way? I'm just curious.
Thanks
I try to make sure to get the pipe up to 500 twice a day to keep the creosote down. Can anyone tell me why this is forming this way? I'm just curious.
Thanks