Napoleon NZ 3000 flue cleaning?

[Julian]

Has anyone cleaned the flue on a napoleon nz 3ooo insert. If so how hard was it removing the baffles and secondary burn tubes?

 

[Dieselhead]

not bad at all. I remove all the brick, the 4 bottom pieces first, then the 4 sides, then the back piece. in the upper front left and right corners are 2 plates that are held in with either a couple 7/16 or 1/2" bolts. there are a couple bolts that will then become visible in the front holding up the secondary tubes to the stove. take those out then the 3 nuts against the back wall of the stove (which are different socket size then the front ones). to get at those you will have to slide the baffles and the blanket forward that rest on top of the secondary tubes. Once all those are out just lower the tubes and the flue is right above it. its a dusty/dirty job but not a bad one by any means. after 2 years i noticed the blanket started to fall apart so i replaced it with some roxul type blanket i got from a chiminey place online.

anything else just ask

 

[Julian]

Thanks im gonna try and ill let you know