I have 20ft of chimney and double wall stove pipe (15ft DuraPlus + 5ft double wall inside). We have burned about 3 cords of wood through our Englander 17-VL. Almost all of the wood was well seasoned and had been C/S/S at least 2 years, but hadn't been covered and 1/3 or so of it was pretty wet. The wood was mostly soft woods (pine, willow, alder in that order) with a little birch, apple and maple mixed in. I used my new Soot Eater to clean the chimney and I got a full quart out of the chimney, is that a lot? It sure seems like it to me, but I'm new to the whole wood burning thing. What do you guys think?
Oh yeah, no pics, but the removed soot was almost granular in appearance and was dark black. It reminded me of coffee grounds. The chimney now looks great, just sort of "dusty" instead of shiny and new.
Oh yeah, no pics, but the removed soot was almost granular in appearance and was dark black. It reminded me of coffee grounds. The chimney now looks great, just sort of "dusty" instead of shiny and new.