weatherguy said:Once the fire gets hot and the cats engaged you cant see anything coming out if the chimney, only on start ups and reloads do I see smoke and that goes away once the cats engaged.
Ill head up to the roof and take a look tomorrow and see whats what. still snow on the roof today.
I never see anything coming out the cap. However, if I am burning stuff that isn't bone dry and not burning hot, 2.5+, the cap will gunk up especially if there is a cold wind. If you need to burn stuff that isn't ideal, I find that if you run it hot for the first third of the burn cycle, you can usually avoid it. I am not talking about wet wood, I am talking not quite there yet wood.