- Oct 3, 2007
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I burned from early October until about mid-April last year and swept my chimney twice, but didn't get around to cleaning inside. I took it all apart last night and I didn't think the buildup was too bad for a whole season-I'd say it was about an 1/8" thick in most spots:
Straight section of double wall stove pipe:
Looking into the mouth of the chimney itself (18" horizontal section of Class A into Class A Tee):
I ran my 6" brush through it no problem. This weekend I'll clean top to bottom and will be ready for another season.
*EDIT* I just realized that in the bottom two pics you can see one of those bastard stink bugs in the flue! I hope he and all his buddies are hanging out in there when I get the first fire of the season going...
Straight section of double wall stove pipe:
Looking into the mouth of the chimney itself (18" horizontal section of Class A into Class A Tee):
I ran my 6" brush through it no problem. This weekend I'll clean top to bottom and will be ready for another season.
*EDIT* I just realized that in the bottom two pics you can see one of those bastard stink bugs in the flue! I hope he and all his buddies are hanging out in there when I get the first fire of the season going...