NC-30 Install
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Pagey said:
It was a bit harry installing the chimney. Not only is it high of the ground it windy.
eman5oh said:
Ain't gonna happen my friend. Somebody is gonna be going up top and taking the top section off of that pipe. And then dragging a rope and brush down through the rest of it.
You can get you a "Sooteater" and run it up it. But I cannot imagine anybody not going up and seeing what the flue looks like from the top after a cleaning. When my old wobbly legs get too weak to do it, which is probably next year, I will still hand that sweep a camera to take the pic down that pipe that he will need to get paid.
How often should the chimney need to be cleaned? I plan to burn about 9 face cords in it this year.
It's recommended that new burners check their flue monthly. It will really depend on how well your wood is seasoned and how efficiently you run the stove. I clean every 4-6 weeks because it is very easy with my setup. I could get by with once a season, though.
Would love to get by with once a season and maybe a few checks during the season, still learning but hope to burn it efferently and cleanly. As for seasoned wood, I don't realey know, the firewood guy said it was seasoned wood, but I am not sure how long it has been seasoned. Seems to burn ok and I can get the stove good and hot with secondary burn for quite a while.
If the wood turns out to be reasonably well seasoned, that's great. Too often wood is claimed to be seasoned that was split weeks beforehand. Take any wood seller's claim of seasoned with a grain of salt. Literally. They may have sprinkled it with some salt and pepper and called it "seasoned". Check the flue in December at the latest to see how things are looking.
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