Cleaning Oval Liner

[mainestove87]

I'm in a new house, and I just convinced the lady of the domicile that we should cut some of our energy bill by heating with wood. There is a wood stove that seems to have been lightly used and kept in good shape, but when I removed the stove from the piping I realized that the liner going up the chimney is oval. I've never seen or heard of oval liners and the local stores don't carry oval brushes. Any tips on what I should be using to clean it?

 

[bpm44]

Admittedly it was a bit tedious, but I bought a square chimney brush and then trimmed each bristle until it was exactly the right size oval for my duraliner. Poly bristles aren't hard to cut with a pair of diagonal cutters. It was a rainy day / I can't be outside / time passing project.

 

[mainestove87]

That's a good tip, anyone else have experience with oval liners?

 

[cmonSTART]

Make sure the oval liner goes all the way up. A lot of times oval liners will only go up to the first flue tile, in which case the cleaning method is a bit different.