Today I burnt a hotter and larger fire than normal in my masonry heater (Temp-Cast 2000). When I went outside I was surprised to find the smoke from the chimney was very black and smelled like coal. Normally the smoke fom the heater is very minimal. I had some creosote build up from burning a load of wet wood earlier in the season and the only thing i could figure was the smoke was from some of the creosote burning. Otherwise everything seemed fine and I don't think i had a chimney fire. Any one have any other ideas?
Smell of coal from chimney
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Sounds like a chimney fire, albeit a small one, to me; or at the very least, some unwanted creosote burning away.
Would be a very good idea to go up there and see what happened versus speculating on it. If you have a buildup, clean it now while you can.... ;-)
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