Liner pics after a month of burning - time to clean or is this normal build up

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Hatrackr

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Sep 21, 2014
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SE wisconsin
This being our first year wood burning I just want to be cautious as some of our wood is in the 25% range. The snow melted off the roof so I climbed up to take a peak. We have been burning almost every night and 24-7 on the weekends since mid October. Is this an acceptable level of creosote after that amount of time? It is flaky and comes off easy the couple bare spots in the pics I brushed with my finger.
[Hearth.com] Liner pics after a month of burning - time to clean or is this normal build up
[Hearth.com] Liner pics after a month of burning - time to clean or is this normal build up
 
Not too bad. A brushing would clean it up quickly.
 
My burning habits have improved the last few weeks so I'll probably brush it and keep checking every month or so. Having never seen a liner after burning I wasn't sure if this was good or not! Thanks for the input
 
That is looking good to me. And that is the top if I am looking correctly. The top is typically the worst, so your doing fine.
 
Where is the black soot that is coating mine? ;lol

Burn on.
 
Guess I must have learned a thing or 2 from this site! Thanks for the feedback I'm sitting here watching the secondaries rip in shorts and a tshirt and it's 18 outside I love wood heat!
 
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