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Experienced a chimney fire from my pellet stove pipe. Cause was found to be a bees nest on the cap. So for everyones safety please check your caps, I never thought that bees would be active this time of year in the northeast.
That's a new one for me. Never heard of that. Maybe reducing the draft but not causing a chimney fire especially after bag 50, should have burned up long time ago.
16 feet I believe, when I got up on the roof sparks were flying. I think some of the nest fell down the pipe, ignited and sent the sparks to ignite the cap
16 feet I believe, when I got up on the roof sparks were flying. I think some of the nest fell down the pipe, ignited and sent the sparks to ignite the cap
Wow, that's the only way I could imagine that the nest caught on fire. Part of it had to fall down into the combustion blower. I would definitely pull the blower to make sure it is all clear in there before it stalls out with a buildup of ash. I'm going to have to keep an eye on mine. We are 'blessed' down here with dirt daubers, wood borers, nasty orange wasps, and every other imaginable creature, including scorpions.