preparing to close stove for season

[brad wilton]

hi guys just wondering if anybody has steps in closing stove for season.with other stove just cleaned it and stopped burning worked okay, maybe nothing at all just checking

 

[begreen]

Clean the flue system, clean out the ash if you have humid summers, vacuum on top of the baffle.

 

[brad wilton]

basics thanks bg

 

[xman23]

Not close to shutting down anytime soon. I always plan on cleaning it at the end of the season, but never got to doing it. Maybe this year. I really would like to put a net over the cap, as I get blue birds down the chimney.

 

[rideau]

Blue birds down the chimney. How nice. Do they nest in the firebox, so you can watch them? An alternate to the winter flame show....

Brad, I know why you are going there already. The last few days I've only burned two small shoulder season fires a day. With the warm sun and milder temps, it has been enough. Lots of cold nights still, but Spring is coming....

 

[BradleyW]

Single digits tomorrow and Friday night, but after that sugaring season is here for sure. Sunny and in the 40's! It will feel like the Bahamas.