raining creosote?

[bobabuoy]

Anyone else ever have this experience? I opened the top load of Encore to re-load and noticed the air going up chimney keeping the smoke in the box as it should. As I started to load, I heard rattling in the chimney and then the smoke started spilling back into the room.

I also noticed there were some creosote chips on the back porch. I should have a good draft as it is cold as heck here (3 deg F) and was wondering if the creosote is somehow coming off the walls creating an airflow disturbance. This has consistently happened loading the few times when it has been extremely cold out.

Any ideas?

 

[pen]

Your observations are correct.

How long has it been since you cleaned that chimney and stove pipe?

pen

 

[bobabuoy]

I had it cleaned at the beginning of the season. At that time they told me things looked good and there was only a little creosote. This year I was burning a lot in non-cat mode with my 2n1. It must have not been burning as well and gunking things up. I'm probably going to buy the sooteater and do the mid-season cleaning myself.

 

[pen]

The soot eater has had many good reviews on here. Good plan

 

[clemsonfor]

I had it cleaned at the beginning of the season. At that time they told me things looked good and there was only a little creosote. This year I was burning a lot in non-cat mode with my 2n1. It must have not been burning as well and gunking things up. I'm probably going to buy the sooteater and do the mid-season cleaning myself.

Why not burn in cat mode? It helps reduce the creosote buildup, and that's what there for.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

My question too. If the stove has a cat, why burn in non-cat mode? Before we got our cat stove we cleaned several times every year. No so with the cat stove as we don't get a dirty chimney now.

 

[bobabuoy]

cat had gone bad and was trying to use stove without to see how it would work. I've got a new cat now, so I should be ok for the future.