Hey,
I just swept my chimney for the first time getting ready for the season. Its a true north tn20 connected to a flexible chimney liner inside a masonry chimney in the center of my house (interior chimney).
I source my own wood but I'm not super organized stacking it from oldest to newest split. But I would say the majority was split and stacked for over a year. I checked some here and there and it was under 20% except for a few pieces of black locust that were under 25%.
Attached is a pic of the soot and chimney after I swep. Seemd like a good amount of soot which is surprising because I would check the chimney a few times a month and all the soot seemed dusty and would just wipe off. So, I wasn't too concerned when I checked it during the wintwe.
So, what do u think?
Thanks!
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I just swept my chimney for the first time getting ready for the season. Its a true north tn20 connected to a flexible chimney liner inside a masonry chimney in the center of my house (interior chimney).
I source my own wood but I'm not super organized stacking it from oldest to newest split. But I would say the majority was split and stacked for over a year. I checked some here and there and it was under 20% except for a few pieces of black locust that were under 25%.
Attached is a pic of the soot and chimney after I swep. Seemd like a good amount of soot which is surprising because I would check the chimney a few times a month and all the soot seemed dusty and would just wipe off. So, I wasn't too concerned when I checked it during the wintwe.
So, what do u think?
Thanks!
![First sweep... thoughts? First sweep... thoughts?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/315/315032-b1b5bbf4c9e337e9ce7526bf447abed4.jpg)
![First sweep... thoughts? First sweep... thoughts?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/315/315033-28031ddcdc6a51ffab2508260e7522de.jpg)