Today might be the day to clean the stove for winter

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Pellet-King

Minister of Fire
Nov 30, 2008
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Northern Ct
Loaded with last year's ash, will post pic's to make the newbie's gasp with horror later....hahaha low 40 tonight, 62 in my house right now, which is Balmy!!
 
Mine was cleaned just after my last burn in May.
 
Figured when your cellar is warmer than your upstair's it's time to think about burning, got at least to open the door in 6 month's.....gotta love that GS ash!!!!
 

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You werent kidding. Im a newbie and im horrified....
haha, dropped the firebrick to find loaded ash traps, but it would of still burned as long as the ash in the pipe didnt all drop and clog the exhaust
 

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Yup doing a deep cleaning now on my Harman. Finally pulled off combustion fan, first time off since purchase, and cleaned it, behind, and around it. Crappy, cool, rainy day here.
 
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Not much exhaust gunna make thru this!!, good thing pellet stove have exhaust blowers, if it ran all on convection alone the stove would be clogged up solid in a few weeks
 

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