Dirty liner?

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BigJ273

Minister of Fire
Feb 15, 2015
718
Maryland
How’s this look? I swept it at the end of last season, but this is the bottom near the stove where I had a hard time reaching due to a bend. Sooteater is on the way! Just checking opinions to see if this is bad or not.
 

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Not bad, but it's the other end you need to be sure is clean. That's where most of the accumulation will be.
 
Top is squeaky clean. Silver. I imaging the bottom is so black because that’s where it all falls during cleaning. Hopefully the sooteater will knock it all off.
 
That wouldn't worry me a bit. I like to run a brush up the flue as one time I cleaned and had stunned yellow jackets fall out of the flue. I don't want them to plug the flue or their nest to catch on fire up there should a spark travel.