Just went up and swept the chimney the other day. 6" SS liner. Didn't get much out, but there is a 1/8 inch buildup that my brush just slid past. I was able to chip away a little with a screwdriver at the top, but obviously could not do that for the whole 8'. Am I okay?
Just swept chimney - creosote buildup
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Should be OK. Top is usually the thickest.
Real hot fire may loosen it up. Just keep an eye on it so you don't get allot more build up.
Zap had some stuff he burned to clean it out & make it loose.
May PM him & ask what it was & how well it worked.
Real hot fire may loosen it up. Just keep an eye on it so you don't get allot more build up.
Zap had some stuff he burned to clean it out & make it loose.
May PM him & ask what it was & how well it worked.
I should have added before, I considered using TSP or some other chimney cleaning product to loosen it, but the paperwork for my liner (Safe-T Liner) says not to use anything. Do they really mean it? Or is this a CYA direction
If you have eight feet of glaze creosote in the top of that pipe you need to get it out of there. Try the stuff like ACS, Anti-Creo-Soot to loosen it up.
darkbyrd said:
This is what bogydave was talking about, turns the creosote to a fluffly ash type substance that is easy to brush out.
http://saversystems.com/chimney-products/acs-anti-creo-soot
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And sometime there is no BS, just the needed answer. Like this one!
We kinda try to keep it that way but, ya know, people get into conversations every now and then.
Nothing wrong with that if they aren't talking down to the OP or getting unfriendly to each other.
Nothing wrong with that if they aren't talking down to the OP or getting unfriendly to each other.
In order to meet the lofty forum expectations I will avoid further bs and answer your question :red: I used a product that changed the shiny black creosote into fluffy stuff that was easily removed. It was a special log that I burned. Can't remember the name.
I had someone say potato peelings work.
Throw them into a hot fire, creo falls off.
Never tried it.
True or BS?
Throw them into a hot fire, creo falls off.
Never tried it.
True or BS?
bogydave said:
I'd stick with the chemicals since I can't think of what would be in potato peelings that would cause the creosote to change form. . . . . Better still is to go with the well seasoned wood and burn at the proper temps of course.
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