Finally got around to cleaning my chimney, I am impressed.

[burleymike]

The first time I cleaned my chimney was December and I got about 1/2 gallon of light fluffy soot. The second time was around February and I got a little less. I just cleaned it yesterday and for burning most of February, all of March, May and half of June I got just a light dusting of light fluffy soot in the firebox.

Definitely a learning curve to getting this stove to burn clean. I am so happy I can now clean the chimney once a year. With my old stove I was cleaning it every two weeks.

The only downside is now I have a broken vermiculite baffle. I just got the second baffle out of the stove door and it broke in half. It must have had a small fracture. I am not sure it needs to be replaced since the baffles are covered with ceramic insulation blanket. What do you guys think?

 

[pen]

Glad to hear things are improving. At the very least, take a look see up (or down) that chimney a couple times this winter just to be certain.

Those baffles are delicate sometimes.

pen

 

[roberth42]

Hey Mike I'm with you!!
I had mine cleaned yesterday by a local Chimney Sweep for the first time and all I had was about 4 cups of the fluffy soot! Very happy to know that after my first year of burning all went well.

Good feeling isn't it!!

 

[FyreBug]

Glad its working out for you and yes you should replace that baffle otherwise your secondary burn could be affected. Part # 21297

http://www.osburn-mfg.com/replacement-parts.aspx?Search=1

and you can get it here: http://myfireplaceproducts.com/Catalog.aspx