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Unfortunately I am not here offering any help but rather coming with questions.
Here it goes. I found a free treemont insert on Craigslist for free last year. it sat in the garage for a year and only tested in the driveway. I had several contractors take a look and everyone said it needed an 8in liner. So this fall I purchased one and tried to run it down from the top. It got hung up on the last brick below the Tera cotta tile. After shoving pushing pulling and other efforts I gave up. Eventually I shoved it in and ran it as a slammer. Having grown up with a slammer I figured what the hell. After burning about half a cord of unseasoned wood a blower started squealing. I decided it was a good time to pull it out and see how things look. I was blown away by the amount of creosote. I cleaned out as best I could using wire brushes, pole extension, and one of those heavy duty shop dust vacs. There are still portions of glossy stage 3 creosote on the brick below the flue. I've stopped burning to consider my options. Unfortunately I've already invested and installed a new blower, bought a cord of good seasoned hardwood and I don't know what to do. I'm willing to hear the advice that I should seal it back up for winter and use the wood next year and a safer set up. It is an air tight stove that heats the downstairs to 80 degrees. At the very least I need to hook it back up so I can keep heat from leaving the house (even if not being used).
after cleaning up the creosote I tried reading up on what causes heavy build up and I realize I did everything wrong. I burned lots of paper cardboard unseasoned wood and closed the dampers and air for slow night burns.
I'm not planning on using it until I have a decent solution.
Now being solution oriented:
I have a rectangle to round boot adapter, 8inch coupling, and plenty of feet of stainless steel liner (8inch), bucket of refractory cement, and a limited budget.
What would you do if you were in my shoes? Could I run some SS flex up to the flue, straight pipe up to the flue, reduce to a 6 inch to take it all the way to the top?
I would like to finish out the season and would like a temporary solution that would allow me to make it through the winter enjoying a fire, being careful of how I burn, and budget for better system nwcn year. Appreciate anyone's 2 cents. Thanks all!
Unfortunately I am not here offering any help but rather coming with questions.
Here it goes. I found a free treemont insert on Craigslist for free last year. it sat in the garage for a year and only tested in the driveway. I had several contractors take a look and everyone said it needed an 8in liner. So this fall I purchased one and tried to run it down from the top. It got hung up on the last brick below the Tera cotta tile. After shoving pushing pulling and other efforts I gave up. Eventually I shoved it in and ran it as a slammer. Having grown up with a slammer I figured what the hell. After burning about half a cord of unseasoned wood a blower started squealing. I decided it was a good time to pull it out and see how things look. I was blown away by the amount of creosote. I cleaned out as best I could using wire brushes, pole extension, and one of those heavy duty shop dust vacs. There are still portions of glossy stage 3 creosote on the brick below the flue. I've stopped burning to consider my options. Unfortunately I've already invested and installed a new blower, bought a cord of good seasoned hardwood and I don't know what to do. I'm willing to hear the advice that I should seal it back up for winter and use the wood next year and a safer set up. It is an air tight stove that heats the downstairs to 80 degrees. At the very least I need to hook it back up so I can keep heat from leaving the house (even if not being used).
after cleaning up the creosote I tried reading up on what causes heavy build up and I realize I did everything wrong. I burned lots of paper cardboard unseasoned wood and closed the dampers and air for slow night burns.
I'm not planning on using it until I have a decent solution.
Now being solution oriented:
I have a rectangle to round boot adapter, 8inch coupling, and plenty of feet of stainless steel liner (8inch), bucket of refractory cement, and a limited budget.
What would you do if you were in my shoes? Could I run some SS flex up to the flue, straight pipe up to the flue, reduce to a 6 inch to take it all the way to the top?
I would like to finish out the season and would like a temporary solution that would allow me to make it through the winter enjoying a fire, being careful of how I burn, and budget for better system nwcn year. Appreciate anyone's 2 cents. Thanks all!
