how do you clean your chimney? Do you remove the stove pipe or go up through the stove? Thank you
Woodstock Ideal Steel owners......
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Michael Sean
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If I’m not mistaking the IS is a top or rear vent stove. If you have the clearances and enough of a chimney run I would just put a T out the rear of the stove, that way you just clean up through that T or if you want just run your brush straight down it.
You can't go up through the stove. Look at the Woodstock website and you'll get an idea of the flow path. Mine is rear vent into a T. The chimney can be cleaned through the T, but I also have to remove the pipe from the rear of the stove to clean it. I just did that the other day and got about a cup full of soot out of the pipe....no creosote at all. I cleaned and checked my chimney once last winter since it was my first year and I wanted to see what kind of buildup I had in the new stainless liner. Based on that, I won't be doing that this year. I'm going to clean everything from the stove box to the chimney top once a year from now on with the only exception being the cat which will get a vacuum once per month and a bath once per year.
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
Some folks lift the stove pipe off of the stove by either telescoping the slip joint or actually removing sections to gain enough clearance to run the sooteater into the pipe directly. A little messier but then there are also some clever folks that use a vacuum and a bleach jug to catch the debris from the open pipe bottom.
Do you remove the pipe starting at the bottom adapter by the flue or start by the chimney connector?
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
If I'm going to be completely removing my interior pipe I lower it from the ceiling first, then get off the ladder, then lift the whole thing off of the stove and walk away with it.
If I'm just lifting the pipe off of the stove to gain access to the pipe I'll lift it off the bottom and let it hang in the air from the ceiling.
You've got to remember that my situation is the ideal. A sing, all vertical, double wall telescoping section from stove to ceiling. From ceiling to sky is all vertical class A chimney.
Thanks Highbeam. I have two elbows from the flue to the chimney connector. I am just triing to learn how to take those pipes off.
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Highbeam
Minister of Fire
Weird to see a right side door on a heritage. I pushed 30 cords through my heritage with a left side door before getting my current BK.
Don't take that pipe down. Just pull out the baffle in the stove and push the sooteater right up the pipe. It will make those bends. All the junk will slide down into the firebox where you can remove it like you remove ash.
Also that must be double wall pipe but it looks like you have a magnetic surface meter on the flue. If so, the readings are worthless and you need to get a proper probe meter to read the actual flue gasses. The hearthstones are very capable of sending excessive heat up the stack. The chimney system is only rated for 1000 degrees.
Thanks Highbeam. That is what I have been doing all along. I was wondering about a Woodstock Ideal Steel stove, but my hearth pad may not be big enough. Thank you very much for your help and knowledge.
JA600L
Minister of Fire
Sorry, I'm late for the show. Given the fact that this stove is a rear or top vent you should be able to just pop the cover off that goes over the rear vent outlet and go in from there. I can't guarantee it would work but I'm not sure why it wouldn't.
