Creosote drips

[Wakajawaka]

Fairly new to burning wood and made a dumb mistake. I replaced my woodstove with a new Pacific energy T4 Alderlea and left a bath towel in the stove pipe before hooking it up. I tried 2 small fires to break stove in and wood wouldnt light. Lotta smoke in the firebox and a few puffs out of tge chimney cap. I used fatwood and dry wood..that didnt burn well.

Anyway, I cleaned the entire chimney but creosote was formed and dripped down the pipe adapter. Im sure theres a minor amount in the chimney. Do I need to be concerned about trace amounts? Should I clean the chimney pipe clean again? 6 inch stove pipe is connected to 8" metalbestos insulated chimney pipe. Thanks!

 

[Wakajawaka]

Fairly new to burning wood and made a dumb mistake. I replaced my woodstove with a new Pacific energy T4 Alderlea and left a bath towel in the stove pipe before hooking it up. I tried 2 small fires to break stove in and wood wouldnt light. Lotta smoke in the firebox and a few puffs out of the chimney cap. I used fatwood and dry wood..that didnt burn well.

Anyway, I cleaned the entire chimney before installing new stove but creosote was formed and dripped down the pipe adapter. Im sure theres a minor amount in the chimney. Do I need to be concerned about trace amounts? Should I clean the chimney pipe clean again? 6 inch stove pipe is connected to 8" metalbestos insulated chimney pipe. Thanks!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

If the wood was dry there shouldn’t be much to drip. Do you have any pics? How long was the wood stacked to dry?

That’s a small stove to try to run on an 8” chimney. The velocity of the smoke may be too slow allowing the creosote to form.

 

[Wakajawaka]

If the wood was dry there shouldn’t be much to drip. Do you have any pics? How long was the wood stacked to dry?

That’s a small stove to try to run on an 8” chimney. The velocity of the smoke may be too slow allowing the creosote to form.

 

[Wakajawaka]

Not sure if you caught this, but I mentioned that I had a bath towel stuck in the chimney pipe. I plugged it up because I was waiting to install the new stove and didnt want cold air into my house. I made 2 attempts at fires before realizing what ive done. Wood is dry and fatwood burned great. Plenty of draft, even with the towel in the pipe. I guess not enough to light the wood though. I also closed the door before the wood started to burn. Probably didn't help.