I've got a 35' high block and square clay liner chimney, with a cleanout door, on my barn, connected to a US Stove company coal/wood furnace. I noticed creasote on the outside top of the clay liner, after burning wood in it for 2 or 3 years. The previous 2 or 3 years I burned coal in it and never swept it. I'm gonna have to sweep it this year before I use it again and was wondering what was the best way to do this and what equipment I should buy. I've done my triple wall metal chimney every year, that is connected to the wood stove in my house, and have 3 lengths of rod for that 15' chimney. That one is no problem at all because I live in a ranch style house and there is just 2 sections of triple wall sticking up out of the roof, so I know how to do that one.
Should I just buy more lengths of rod, and the appropriate brush and sweep it from the cleanout door on the bottom, or from the stovepipe connection in the barn? I don't want to go up on that roof and clean it from there, the pitch is too steep, and it's too high off the ground.
Would it be possible to go back to burning coal in it and using creasote remover with each burn and get rid of it that way? I've never used it so I don't know how well it works. All I know is:
1. I want to do it myself,(because there's no sweeps in the area, and to save cost).
2. I don't feel comfortable climbing that high on a ladder to clean it out.
3. If I can get the right equipment and do it myself from the cleanout door or stovepipe connection I can handle that.
4. I know I've got to do something with it before I burn any more wood in it.
Thanks,
Snyde
Should I just buy more lengths of rod, and the appropriate brush and sweep it from the cleanout door on the bottom, or from the stovepipe connection in the barn? I don't want to go up on that roof and clean it from there, the pitch is too steep, and it's too high off the ground.
Would it be possible to go back to burning coal in it and using creasote remover with each burn and get rid of it that way? I've never used it so I don't know how well it works. All I know is:
1. I want to do it myself,(because there's no sweeps in the area, and to save cost).
2. I don't feel comfortable climbing that high on a ladder to clean it out.
3. If I can get the right equipment and do it myself from the cleanout door or stovepipe connection I can handle that.
4. I know I've got to do something with it before I burn any more wood in it.
Thanks,
Snyde