cleaning

[kobudo]

I have a Jotul Castine that was installed new a couple of years ago. It goes up 20' through the cathedral ceiling without any bends or angles.
It is only used one weekend a month during the winter but I figure it wouldn't hurt to clean it.
I have pretty easy access to the roof so I should be able to use a top down method. I have never cleaned a chimney before so I'm wondering what steps I need to take.
Do I need to take apart any stove pipe? The Castine doesn't have any type of "flu" to open/close that I know of.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Although I'm not familiar with your stove, I'll say that in most cases you should not have to take the stove pipe apart. As long as you can get up on top to clean, the crap will just go down into the stove.

You are to be congratulated in cleaning now. It is always good to make certain the chimney is in good shape. So just go ahead and climb up on that roof and give a good cleaning.

 

[BrotherBart]

If you aren't going to remove the stove pipe for the cleaning then you need to remove the baffle in the stove. Here is some good stuff on how to do that.

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/49435/