Nice and clean now

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rayttt

Feeling the Heat
Hearth Supporter
Jan 11, 2008
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poconos pa
I ordered and received a Gardus RLE202 LintEater 10-Piece Rotary Dryer Vent Cleaning System
from Amazon, used by people here.
A bit expensive I thought but after using it and seeing how much ash came out of my exhaust pipe was astounding.

I've never cleaned the Exhaust pipes because I didnt have a tool to do so.
Ive had the stove since 2008.
I didn't use my drill to spin it, I just used my hand to spin it while cleaning.
The Ashes just kept falling out everytime I ran the brush up and down inside the outside pipe.
The Clean out T had a large clump of ash that may have been starting to block the air flow.

After seeing the large amount of Ashes coming out I will now clean it out at least once a season..but I may try after the next ton just to see amount produced.
 
holy crap, no exhaust clean out in 5-6 years?!?!? you're lucky the stove burnt at all!
 
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holy crap, no exhaust clean out in 5-6 years?!?!? you're lucky the stove burnt at all!
Well, One year it wasn't used.. I burnt out the control board with a Generator Brownout.
 
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