I have a Dutchwest 2478 that I installed 4 years ago in September. I clean the double wall pipe on the outside of the house 2 times per year. I have never cleaned the 5 feet of single wall pipe that goes from the stove to the T. How often should you clean that part?
Cleaning single wall stove pipe
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I used rutlamd stove cement to seal each seam when I put it together. Should I just replace the pipe or take it apart and clean the seams and the pipe
There is no reason to seal the joints. And no reason to replace the pipe every year. Are you cleaning the combustion chamber ect in the stove also? That needs done as well
In hindsight, I know that I don't need to seal the joints, but when I installed the pipe and tested it, it was in May and had a terrible amount of smoke leaking through the seams. This was all before I learned about draft and smaller, hotter fires etc.
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