I just cleaned my chimney with the soot eater. I was surprised how much creosote came down. Since the last cleaning, i burned about 1-1.5 cord that was seasoned for about 9 mo, which was mostly silver maple. The creosote that came down was black powder, no big chunks or anything. The stove is a PE Summit insert, and has a 6" SS liner on an outside chimney about 30 ft tall. The pipe was clean until about 9-10' or so, then the creosote started falling.
So i naturally have a couple questions. Should I have been concerned of the amount that was in chimney for fire purposes? Are there different types of creosote?
I am not sure if this amount is normal or not, but i always run the stove >500 deg on the stove face and it seems to be burning well with good secondaries.
Thanks,
Chris
So i naturally have a couple questions. Should I have been concerned of the amount that was in chimney for fire purposes? Are there different types of creosote?
I am not sure if this amount is normal or not, but i always run the stove >500 deg on the stove face and it seems to be burning well with good secondaries.
Thanks,
Chris