The Sooteater arrived yesterday and I was home from work a little early which was rare. I went up on my roof and set it to work. I re-lined my chimney last fall with a flex liner and wrapped 1/2" insulation blanket. The top 18" or so was black flakey creosote, very thin and it came off easily. I had probably less that a cup between the cap and to 18". Everything else below was dry, brown, powdery soot. I ran the sooteater all the way to the tee in about 20 minutes. In the tee and cleanout I had about a 1/2 gallon of soot. The liner looked nice inside when finished. Shop vac'd everything out and it was ready to go again.
There have been a few recent posts here about folks looking to get one of these and I feel they are worth it. I am really impressed with the liner and insulation. Just stand upwind when cleaning as a fair amount of light soot will be carried up the chimney as you clean. The instructions show how to clean bottom up.
There have been a few recent posts here about folks looking to get one of these and I feel they are worth it. I am really impressed with the liner and insulation. Just stand upwind when cleaning as a fair amount of light soot will be carried up the chimney as you clean. The instructions show how to clean bottom up.