hello fellow pellet admirers,
Did a solid cleaning on the stove today, Harman P61A, and noticed something very different than last year. I had quite a buildup of what I believe to be creosote. But it was more like a thin sheen, and very greasey. It coated mainly the lower half of the stove, on the wall behind the ash pan and around the burnpot. I also cleaned out the vent pipe on the outside of the house, which is about a 6' vertical rise with a jet cap on the top for the candy cane look. Removed the jet cap and the T cleanout on the bottom and reemed an old rag down the run with a pole. The rag came out pretty greasey as well and it literally looked like black grease residue, and wasnt really ashy.
How much creosote do you guys typically see after a season? Is it normal? Seeing it all in the vent work got me concerned about fires combusting in the pipe, and causing a chimney fire or an out of control fire in the stove itself with all the creosote burning off of the sides. Does this stuff just typically burn off after a ripping fire? That would be my guess. I ran the stove fairly soft last winter because it was moved to a new location and the house heated up super quick. Maybe just give it a nice hot burn every now and again to burn off all that nastiness? Interested to hear any experiences you guys may have had or insight. I was also burning a different pellet than last year. Burned Maine Woods 2 years ago and burned Geneva's last year. All pellets are not created equal and im guessing variances in the pellet could have something to do with it as well.
Did a solid cleaning on the stove today, Harman P61A, and noticed something very different than last year. I had quite a buildup of what I believe to be creosote. But it was more like a thin sheen, and very greasey. It coated mainly the lower half of the stove, on the wall behind the ash pan and around the burnpot. I also cleaned out the vent pipe on the outside of the house, which is about a 6' vertical rise with a jet cap on the top for the candy cane look. Removed the jet cap and the T cleanout on the bottom and reemed an old rag down the run with a pole. The rag came out pretty greasey as well and it literally looked like black grease residue, and wasnt really ashy.
How much creosote do you guys typically see after a season? Is it normal? Seeing it all in the vent work got me concerned about fires combusting in the pipe, and causing a chimney fire or an out of control fire in the stove itself with all the creosote burning off of the sides. Does this stuff just typically burn off after a ripping fire? That would be my guess. I ran the stove fairly soft last winter because it was moved to a new location and the house heated up super quick. Maybe just give it a nice hot burn every now and again to burn off all that nastiness? Interested to hear any experiences you guys may have had or insight. I was also burning a different pellet than last year. Burned Maine Woods 2 years ago and burned Geneva's last year. All pellets are not created equal and im guessing variances in the pellet could have something to do with it as well.
