Chimney check. How am I doing?

[Wisco Shepherd]

First year burning i have put 1 cord of pine and 1/3 cord of ash through my Kuma. With the weather and work schedule I am often cold starting. Going to have the sweep out next week but curious what you all think. The larger pice is a fluffy bit of ash I sometimes get them on the ground outside completely soft not hard and shiny like creosote.

 

[begreen]

Looks ok.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

Looks ok.

That was my novice opinion as well. Not great not terrible just ok. It's been a hard year to burn really hot for a long time with lots of cold starts so a less than spotless chimney is the result.