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    Chimney Fire?

    Woodstoving novice here, Does any of this look bad?
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    Possible chimney fire? Shingles burning.

    Hey there, I've been following a long time, but first time posting. I just installed a used catalytic wood stove (dutchwest 4621) and a new 6in double wall stainless steel chimney liner into a 6x6 terracotta lined chimney. I started using my stove in Jan 2021 (one month). The wood im using...
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    Searching for Advice After Chimney Fire with Stainless Liner

    Hoping for some friendly advice. Thanks in advance. We live in Maine and had a chimney fire in our newly relined chimney. We had the original installer/chimney sweep do a cleaning and camera inspection. He discovered a breach in our 1-year-old Lindemann 316L "SmartFlex" stainless steel liner...
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    Is this normal? Chimney question

    Last year we had a chimney fire and a local sweep told me I would have to replace any of the flue tiles that are cracked. I was hoping to get to this earlier in the year, but I'm sure everyone knows how that goes. I finally made my way up and started my inspection. All 5 of the tiles are...
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    I Made a BIG Mistake?

    I am renting a home in which a Jotul model wood burning stove is the only source of heat. The house was built circa 1982. To my knowledge the owner of the home has not had the chimney cleaned in several years, and when I was given the run down on how to use the stove the only information I...
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    Chimney Fire Jitters

    So, we had what we suspect was a relatively minor chimney fire. Now I feel like I'm on high alert all the time and I'm kind of nervous whenever we have it running... which is always. Here's the particulars: New insulated stainless chimney installed up through the middle of the house. Installed...
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