Just thought I'd throw this out there. When the cat is engaged the smoke flows through it and thus "filtering" the smoke and also the sparks. Because of this is there less of a chance of a chimney fire when the cat is engaged?
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those chunks were in there? wth. i do tend to get more build up there in the straight pipe but not like that..Todd said:Sure would like to know why my pipes plugged up with creosote? I thought my cat stove and brand new supaflu chimney was chimney fire proof til I inspected a few days ago and found this. And no, it's not my 3 year old Oak. I think I've narrowed it down to leaky pipes and a degrading steel cat.
I always get full flames going for about 10 minutes at least. Sometimes shorter because wood is so dry. But I just like to let it cook and get the draft going full force. I also have double. Wall expensive but worth it.Todd said:Yeah, It was all in the bottom mostly in the thimble. Ended up changing the pipe from rear vent to top vent and also changed the steel cat out for ceramic. The pipe and stove temps are up 100 degrees now and draft seems a little better. Maybe I wasn't getting that chimney hot enough before engaging? Cat stoves run such low flue temps I'm thinking it's prolly a good idea when reloading to let her rip for a good 10-15 minutes before engaging to get that chimney hot. Watching cat probes or flue probes and engaging too soon could of been another reason for my problem. I'll be checking the chimney in a couple weeks and if I still have a problem I guess I'll have to go with double wall pipe.
Stump_Branch said:Interesting, ceramic cat is running hotter longer...i liked the steels "indestructability" but id rather just have the best catalyst..
Todd said:Yeah, It was all in the bottom mostly in the thimble. Ended up changing the pipe from rear vent to top vent and also changed the steel cat out for ceramic. The pipe and stove temps are up 100 degrees now and draft seems a little better. Maybe I wasn't getting that chimney hot enough before engaging? Cat stoves run such low flue temps I'm thinking it's prolly a good idea when reloading to let her rip for a good 10-15 minutes before engaging to get that chimney hot. Watching cat probes or flue probes and engaging too soon could of been another reason for my problem. I'll be checking the chimney in a couple weeks and if I still have a problem I guess I'll have to go with double wall pipe.
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