The first time I cleaned my chimney was December and I got about 1/2 gallon of light fluffy soot. The second time was around February and I got a little less. I just cleaned it yesterday and for burning most of February, all of March, May and half of June I got just a light dusting of light fluffy soot in the firebox.
Definitely a learning curve to getting this stove to burn clean. I am so happy I can now clean the chimney once a year. With my old stove I was cleaning it every two weeks.
The only downside is now I have a broken vermiculite baffle. I just got the second baffle out of the stove door and it broke in half. It must have had a small fracture. I am not sure it needs to be replaced since the baffles are covered with ceramic insulation blanket. What do you guys think?
Definitely a learning curve to getting this stove to burn clean. I am so happy I can now clean the chimney once a year. With my old stove I was cleaning it every two weeks.
The only downside is now I have a broken vermiculite baffle. I just got the second baffle out of the stove door and it broke in half. It must have had a small fracture. I am not sure it needs to be replaced since the baffles are covered with ceramic insulation blanket. What do you guys think?