I have heard a lot about burning a hot fire twice a day to reduce creosote buildup. I am wondering how the creosote is reduced without actually creating any kind of fire in the chimney.
Hot Fires and Creosote
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Personally I think that is a carryover from the old pre-EPA stove days. Where we created baby chimney fires to burn off small accumulations.
Running an EPA stove at a proper operating temp is going to dry out anything in that pipe and it may burn off but it will just be from normal operation.
Running an EPA stove at a proper operating temp is going to dry out anything in that pipe and it may burn off but it will just be from normal operation.
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