Cleaning Roll Call - Cleanout Tee Inside Home

[Mjhco6]

Who else has their cleanout tee inside their home? I assume most people with a vertical run have this setup. Do you remove the cap when cleaning or just suck out the ash with your ashvac? Any issues or problems having your cleanout inside the house?

 

[miteclipse]

Mine is inside and never removed it. I take the soot eater from the outside, run it through 1 90 bend and straight down. You can tell when it is at the bottom of the tee. I also have the ash vaccum running rom the horizontal run (esp area) to get the loose ash. I will do this process a few times then also use the blower port to blow from esp area and pipe out. This is for a harman p68.

 

[jackman]

Mine is inside. I remove it when I do a deep clean. The I run the brush up the vent.

 

[Mjhco6]

Mine is inside and never removed it. I take the soot eater from the outside, run it through 1 90 bend and straight down. You can tell when it is at the bottom of the tee. I also have the ash vaccum running rom the horizontal run (esp area) to get the loose ash. I will do this process a few times then also use the blower port to blow from esp area and pipe out. This is for a harman p68.

I also take my 4” brush and run it from the top of the chimney all the way down to the bottom the cleanout. Then I open the combustion blower cover and use a rubber tube extension on my ashvac to reach all the way through the flue, past the ESP and to the bottom of the cleanout.

Has anyone ever removed their cleanout bottom cap and found large deposits or creosote?

 

[alternativeheat]

No creosote here, one time there was a little puddle of it in there though. I was burning a certain pellet and never went back to them after that. Don't recall which brand now, it was about 5 years ago now and none since and it wasn't much then either.

 

[SciGuy]

View attachment 237000 Who else has their cleanout tee inside their home? I assume most people with a vertical run have this setup. Do you remove the cap when cleaning or just suck out the ash with your ashvac? Any issues or problems having your cleanout inside the house?

I pull the cap and use a rubber band to attach a plastic bag over the end before running a 4" brush down the whole ~20' chimney a bit at a time. Then I pull the ESP and do a good 3" brush from the stove all the way out to the T so that any deposits end up in the bag.

Hugh

 

[Connecticut Yankee]

This is my setup, very easy to use, with plenty of space, and cleanout is angled for ease of access. I took the cap off a few weeks ago, and there was maybe 0.1 mm of soot in it, if that. The flue is brand new, so I am assuming it won't need cleaning before spring.

 

[Mjhco6]

This is my setup, very easy to use, with plenty of space, and cleanout is angled for ease of access. I took the cap of a few weeks ago, and there was maybe 0.1 mm of soot in it, if that. The flue is brand new, so I am assuming it won't need cleaning before spring.

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Interesting setup. Are you a full vertical run? If so is your pipe strapped somewhere in the attic to hold the weight?

 

[Connecticut Yankee]

The pipe goes into a chimney, and a new liner goes all the way to the top. I believe the liner is secured at the top of the chimney, but that's a guess, because the dealer installed it (the installer owns the dealership with his dad). The pellet stove replaced a wood stove that came with the house, and I believe the wood stove and chimney were part of the addition when it was built, about fifteen years ago. The wood stove never worked right--every time we tried to light it, it smoked us out of the house. We were happy to see it go, since my sister had wanted a pellet stove anyway.

 

[FirepotPete]

View attachment 237000 Who else has their cleanout tee inside their home? I assume most people with a vertical run have this setup. Do you remove the cap when cleaning or just suck out the ash with your ashvac? Any issues or problems having your cleanout inside the house?

Mine is inside, no problems.

Get a surge protector, please!

 

[Mjhco6]

Mine is inside, no problems.

Get a surge protector, please!

I have one but every time the power goes out it starts beeping and the stove shuts down. I actually blew the main porcelain fuse one time. Which one do you have?