After my 1st year of burning wood the chimney sweep stated that the elbow in my outside wall was over 1/2 blocked by a large amount of ash. At the time I attributed this to burning less than ideal wood although the stuff he pulled out was almost entirely ash and not creasote. He completed the cleaning and suggested I pull the pipe out of the elbow in the bottom of the chimney and lean it around mid season...which I did last year around the 3rd week of January. I got some ash but nowhere near the amount he pulled out.
I'm expecting him back soon to brush the chimney and decided to pull the pipe out and see how it looked...it was about 75% blocked up by ash! I removed about a gallon's worth. This seems to be an unusual amount of buildup....Is it possible that the heavy rains we have had since winter have washed down ash from the liner into the elbow?
I'm expecting him back soon to brush the chimney and decided to pull the pipe out and see how it looked...it was about 75% blocked up by ash! I removed about a gallon's worth. This seems to be an unusual amount of buildup....Is it possible that the heavy rains we have had since winter have washed down ash from the liner into the elbow?