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.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I caught the towel bit. But creosote thick enough to drip often takes more than 2 quick, unsuccessful attempts at fire with dry wood.

I hope removing the towel fixed all your issues and you’ll only get a light coat of soot in there from now on.

 

[Wakajawaka]

I caught the towel bit. But creosote thick enough to drip often takes more than 2 quick, unsuccessful attempts at fire with dry wood.

I hope removing the towel fixed all your issues and you’ll only get a light coat of soot in there from now on.

Oh ok. I appreciate it. I haven't tried another fire since i took the towel out. My question here was do i need to clean the entire chimney again because i saw the creosote? Do i need to worry that the dried drippings will ignite if i light another fire?

 

[Burnin Since 1989]

Oh ok. I appreciate it. I haven't tried another fire since i took the towel out. My question here was do i need to clean the entire chimney again because i saw the creosote? Do i need to worry that the dried drippings will ignite if i light another fire?

Good morning. I'd like to try and help, but without pictures of what you are talking about it's hard to tell if it's safe or not. Where exactly are you seeing these creosote drips? How long is the stove pipe/ connector pipe. How far up the chimney was the towel? Just in the bottom of the chimney pipe?

When you removed the towel, did you look at the inside of the stove pipe below the towel? How'd it look?

Post a picture so we can help you figure this out.

 

[Wakajawaka]

 

[Wakajawaka]

Towel was just above the woodstove. Into the pipe maybe a foot. I used 2 fatwood sticks, which burned quite well. The other wood just wouldnt catch. I also closed the door pretty quick after lighting. Ton of smoke in the firebox. I tend to think the drips were incomplete combustion and fatwood resin.