Cleaning

[CleanBurn]

i was reading in another thread on here about deep cleaning. I have a Heartland 25pdv and was wondering how you clean all the path ways from behind the large baffle plate to the combustion motor.
Lin

 

[Lake Girl]

25 pdv is either a England Stove, Summers Heat or Timber Ridge ... same model just badged differently depending on where they are sold.
http://www.heatredefined.com/assets/images/manuals/2830/25-pdveand25-pdv.pdf
page 41 details monthly and annual cleaning.

 

[Lake Girl]

Replacing burn pot gasket and combustion blower gasket as part of the annual cleaning go to the troubleshooting page and find the appropriate link:
http://www.heatredefined.com/support/troubleshooting-guide/pellet-stove-service-procedures

Get the gaskets before you start

 

[CleanBurn]

Replacing burn pot gasket and combustion blower gasket as part of the annual cleaning go to the troubleshooting page and find the appropriate link:
http://www.heatredefined.com/support/troubleshooting-guide/pellet-stove-service-procedures

Get the gaskets before you start

Thanks for this. Yes I have done all of these but they do not say how to clean the passages not really accessible to the user. When you see how much buildup is behind the impingement plate I am think there could be more between here and the exaugst blower motor. Plus when you see how much buildup is on the motor blades at year end I can't help thinking there is a lot in these passages.
Lin

 

[Stihl029]

If your interested in the best trick for cleaning out a stove I would suggest the leaf blower method. Here's an example https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/help-with-leafblower-trick-with-pics.74539/ Or you can check on you tube for a video. I usually do this after the season during my thorough cleaning and gasket changing, but if you think yours has excessive buildup, you can do it anytime.

 

[Lake Girl]

The leaf blower trick ... disconnect vacuum switches before!

For the tough areas, you will have to figure out tools to help you get those areas. It appears that there is an opening in the back fire box behind the impingement baffle. That should give you access the the pathway to the heat exchangers above and down to the combustion blower. I have a hose attached to my shop vac attachment that I use to access those kind of areas on my stove (drywall bag inside vac to catch fine particles). I also bought a cheap dryer lint brush from Menards to brush the interior side walls on my stove; some folks use a bottle brush depending on the stove. Under the heat exchangers, I have to use a thin putty knife to draw accumulated fly ash into the fire box.

Let us know what you figure out ... pics of your process might help others!