cleaned out the chimney...almost.

[RAY_PA]

I cleaned the chimney and Summit insert to get things ready for the winter. My chimney is a total length of 27 feet. I got the brush down 24', I presume right to the spot where the liner makes the bend around the smoke shelf/damper area. I went down to this point smooth and easy, but I was feared to ram it too hard and get it stuck in there...then I'd be SOL. So I called it good and put things back together. I got about a coffee can of lite ash out of the 24 feet that I did clean. Do I need to try and clean the last couple feet from inside the insert? and if so, how? Or call it good? I am leaning toward calling it good since I hardly got much ash out of what I did clean.

 

[polaris]

The last couple of feet from the stove is usually the cleanest. I would check and see if anything you dislodged ended up in the bend though.

Sorry, I just reread your post. I guess you really dont have a way to visually check the bend. I wouldn't worry about it to much unless you start noticing draft issues that you haven't in the past.

 

[stejus]

Why not take out the baffle and get a mirror and look up. Here's what I saw after my sweep cleaned from the top down. He went all the way down even though there's a slight bend. As stated above, you may find it's clean because this is the hottest area of the liner and everything gets burned off.