Do You Remove Stove Pipe When Cleaning The Chimney?

[leeave96]

Do you always remove your chimney when cleaning your chimney?

I am planning my next chimney install/reline and I've got a dealer that sells Homesaver liners (anyone like this brand) and they are suggesting I put a cap on the bottom of the tee and pull my stove pipe when cleaning the chimney. I can see pulling the stove pipe once a year for the season ending thorough cleaning, but I think I'd rather go the bottom of the chimney for cleanout than caping the tee and pulling the stove pipe to vacuum out the chimney. However, for this chimney, if I go to the bottom, I've got to cut a cleanout into the chimney.

Just courious what you folks are doing.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[thewoodlands]

We have a cleanout on the outside on the bottom of our chimney, on the inside we just take off the pipe (mark the pipe) then clean.

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/61442/

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/62736/

The above link is the cleaning of the inside pipe after five cord was put through it, since you have a liner I'm not sure how much this will help.


zap

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Having the tee is great for cleaning a chimney as it makes the cleaning much easier plus you can always just remove the cap and look into the chimney to see if it does need cleaning.

 

[SKIN052]

First year full time buring and i have made a pledge to myself to clean the Chimney system once per month regardless of what I find. This includes taking off and cleaning the stove pipe and T. Takes an extra 10-15 mins and since I am off the ladder I can drink beer while cleaning.