How often do you clean your vertical pellet pipe

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bogieb said:
Forgot that all of my run is inside, and technically the manual says only need a cleanout for 90's. My hook up consists of 2-45's with a 6 ft piece of pipe and an 18" of pipe outside at horizontal. The stove as close to the wall as they could get it (concrete). If I had known then, what I know now . . . Fortunately I'm a small gal so can contort to remove the panels for cleaning, but installing the OAK was a challenge trying to see what the heck I was doing (and unsure what I was doing to begin with - LOL).
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Yeah not sure how you could even do a cleanout with your config. The 90 behind my stove that goes up sits only a few inches off the hearth pad so even if I used a cleanout tee instead of a 90º elbow I wouldn't have enough space to get a brush in there between the brick hearth and underside of tee. And my other tee is inside the masonry chimney so no way to get in there!

twodogs02 said:
Harman XXV as well, 15 ft vertical rise with top vent option installed. I clean the vertical rise once per season. I clean the exhaust path, ESP,combustion blower every ton, scrape everyday and brush heat exchanger once per week.
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Wow thought those Harmans could go a month or more without touching...
 
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Once a year with a brush. I have a clean out tee at the bottom of the run behind the stove. I tape an empty pellet bag to it, go outside and run a brush down the pipe a few times. Let the bag settle, remove and pour in the garden.

Man it's a lot easier than my old wood stove for sure...
 
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