Quadrafire Castile excessive creosote

[fishergrandma]

This is the first year I have been burning a new to me Castile. I'm getting a lot of creosote build up in the stove, especially on the glass. I did replace the door gasket with an oem gasket, leaving the bottom off for the air wash. When I clean the stove daily there is nothing in the burn pot, just a lot of fly ash around the burn pot.

I have the same exact stove in my basement burning the same pellets with no issues. When cleaning this one daily I have a few clinkers in the burn pot with noticeably less ash than my other stove.

Looking for ideas... do I need a new exhaust blower or should I place a gasket on the bottom of the glass to see if that helps with air flow? Or should I just run the stove at a higher fan speed?

My feed rate adjustment is currently on the highest setting (to maintain the recommended flame height).

 

[fishergrandma]

After researching the gasket more, I have an older Castile where the air wash should be on the top. Does it matter that it is on the bottom?

 

[Ssyko]

Air wash should be located at the top as per the manual. Unfortunately no 2 stoves will be exactly the same. If there is a creosote issue its usually caused by to long of a low burn. Turn the feed up and run the stove hotter for a few hours should burn it off