Hummmm , Interisting . Class A stainless steel cap.

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Roospike

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I looked up at the cap today and noticed -----> (posted picture). Hummmmm.........
 

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Ahh, those yummy brown icicle's. Maybe time for a cleaning?
 
Musta had the Summit cranke down for the day :)
 
Looks like condensation collecting on the roof of the cap and running down and freezing. Those look a little better than the others posted. Must be pretty cold there?
 
roo that looks like gas pipe.. have you been pulling the wool over our eyes for all these months? i think roo is the head sales rep for PE.... ;)
 
Nahhhhh don't let em bully you Roo!

I know that's MetalFab insulated pipe from a mile away. Same stuff I'm using.
 
Do the black icicles taste like black licorice?
 
Roospike said:
I looked up at the cap today and noticed -----> (posted picture).

Hummmmm.........

Had'em hanging off mine just like it two weeks ago. I will have again tomorrow since we are in mid-ice storm at this very moment.
 
I wanted to get the input from the group before i said much about it.

We just got a snow storm of 7" and high wind and tho normally with regular falling snow you dont see this but i thought i would post the pic.

THe snow and ice have been there for about 20 hours and its 20° today and now 9° with single temps tomorrow.

With the high efficient stoves of today and the correct chimney pipes , liners and such its still amazing that snow and ice can stay on the cap for that long .
One would think that with a chimney, the gases and heat (notice i didnt say smoke ;-) ) that it would be a non issue of snow and ice hanging off the cap.

For all those that are looking to get this winter storm (and future storms ) to keep an eye on your chimney cap for snow pack and ice. What i have is a very small amount but it did get me thinking as to a packed chimney cap from a snow storm and issue that "could" happen with the modern EPA stoves , chimneys and liners.

*** Just for the record when the chimney was cleaned out last year "once" at the end of the season i had just less than a cup of dry soot .
 
BTW: The stove was running right along at 475° when the pic was taken.

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7" of the latest snow storm. 15 miles south of us got 13"
 

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ah the dangers of black ice. well atleast you know all your heat is not going up the chimney
 
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