Midwinter cleaning?

[thunderhead]

I have a PE T5 and a just snaked one of those little phone borescopes above the baffle to take a look into the chimney pipe. It only is looking at the bit just above the stove though. Does that tell me anything, or do I really need to take a look at the top of the chimney? Should I pull the baffle so I can get the whole phone in there for better photos?

For what it's worth, the first 5 inches of the stove pipe just above the stove looks quite clean to me(2.5 cords mixed west coast conifers since its last cleaning):

Thanks!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

You need to see the top. But what I see looks good!

 

[gthomas785]

How long is your borescope? I would duct tape it to a sweeping rod and stick it up as far as you can. There is usually more gunk at the top than the bottom.