I had a professional do it at the beginning of the season. While he was here I was asking a lot of questions and learning. Thankfully he was nice about it and taught me everything I wanted to know and more.
I have about 26ft of chimney in an inside chase connected to about 5ft of double wall stove pipe with 2 30deg bends. I'm a part time burner, evenings and weekends only. A lot of cold starts. My wood (oak, alder, fir, cherry, cedar) is between 15 and 20 MC. I've run a little over a cord through so far.
First I cleaned out the stove and removed the baffle ...
Then I went up to inspect the pipe before cleaning (went up a little over a month ago and it wasn't needed yet) and here is what I saw ...
Yup, need to run the brush through. I'm a top down, since the roof is flat and easy access. Here is what the finished pipe looks like ...
The coffee grounds were nicely piled in the stove, with nothing entering the room ...
I got about 2 1/2 cups, not great, but not too bad either ...
I'd rather inspect regularly and run the brush through when needed for now. Close to impossible to get more than a year ahead with only 2 cord of storage (townhouse in the city).
Thanks for looking.
I have about 26ft of chimney in an inside chase connected to about 5ft of double wall stove pipe with 2 30deg bends. I'm a part time burner, evenings and weekends only. A lot of cold starts. My wood (oak, alder, fir, cherry, cedar) is between 15 and 20 MC. I've run a little over a cord through so far.
First I cleaned out the stove and removed the baffle ...
Then I went up to inspect the pipe before cleaning (went up a little over a month ago and it wasn't needed yet) and here is what I saw ...
Yup, need to run the brush through. I'm a top down, since the roof is flat and easy access. Here is what the finished pipe looks like ...
The coffee grounds were nicely piled in the stove, with nothing entering the room ...
I got about 2 1/2 cups, not great, but not too bad either ...
I'd rather inspect regularly and run the brush through when needed for now. Close to impossible to get more than a year ahead with only 2 cord of storage (townhouse in the city).
Thanks for looking.