I just did my every-three-year chimney cleaning. Figured
I better make sure my BlazeKing Princess was not somehow
producing more creosote than the old Dutchwest catalytic.
I decided to measure the amount of creosote more carefully
that the usual (me included) vague statements "it looked like
enough to fill a shoebox". Here's what I got: about 440 grams
with a volume of about 1.8 liters of dry flakey/powdery black
stuff. This is from a 6" ID metalbestos chimney about 17ft
tall plus a single-wall connector pipe about 5ft tall including
a 6" offset made from two 45-degree elbows.
This is two years of the Dutchwest catalytic plus one year of
the new BlazeKing Princess. I figure I burned about twice as
much wood this past winter thanks to the BKP's wonderfulness
(ease of extreme-long burns etc).
I really have no idea what is considered a "reasonable" amount
of creosote from a chimney cleaning, but quantifying it like this
seems like a good place to start.
I better make sure my BlazeKing Princess was not somehow
producing more creosote than the old Dutchwest catalytic.
I decided to measure the amount of creosote more carefully
that the usual (me included) vague statements "it looked like
enough to fill a shoebox". Here's what I got: about 440 grams
with a volume of about 1.8 liters of dry flakey/powdery black
stuff. This is from a 6" ID metalbestos chimney about 17ft
tall plus a single-wall connector pipe about 5ft tall including
a 6" offset made from two 45-degree elbows.
This is two years of the Dutchwest catalytic plus one year of
the new BlazeKing Princess. I figure I burned about twice as
much wood this past winter thanks to the BKP's wonderfulness
(ease of extreme-long burns etc).
I really have no idea what is considered a "reasonable" amount
of creosote from a chimney cleaning, but quantifying it like this
seems like a good place to start.