No creosote , clean as can be

[Grimlock13]

First of I want to thank everyone for the wealth of great information shown on this site. It has been very beneficial for a first season stove burner with no knowledge of wood burning.
With all the talk on here about chimney fires and creosote build up I nervously inspected my chimney today after about 2 months of use, it was surprisingly clean as a whistle, no creosote build up, looked practically brand new. I've been burning for the most part not so great wood and was sure I was in for a good cleaning.
Why is the chimney so clean I have a freestanding NEO 2.5 and double wall insulated pipe, I have also been using the rutland creosote "remover". I'm not complaining but is there any specific reason my chimney is so clean????

 

[BobUrban]

Lots and lots of potential explanations with likely a multiple of such. Height or flu system, straight shot vs. 90 or multiple 90, through house vs. outside, HOT fires, etc. with many other system explanations. Upside is: continue with what you are doing as it is obviously successful and safe burning practices.

 

[newatthis]

Congrats- can you post a picture?

 

[begreen]

Dry wood + good installation + proper operation of a modern stove = clean flue.

 

[newatthis]

Seems like the double wall might make a big difference? Although I am still learning, and the sweeps were complimentary about how it looked, our single wall insulated flue didn't look like this.

 

[Grimlock13]

WIll take a picture next time I inspect it, I pulled out the baffle and had a nice straight up look with the flash light. I didnt have good dry wood this year but I guess its better than I thought. Could the rutland creosote remover be doing the trick as well?

 

[jatoxico]

I've used Creo-soot and it definitely does work. What I noticed is that the creosote converters seem to work up to a certain level in the flue. Once there's not enough heat the effectiveness drops off. What's the cap look like?

 

[bholler]

Those creosote removers change the nature of the buildup and many times cause it to fall off the walls of the chimney if that was what happened you would probably see a pile of stuff on the baffle

 

[Hogwildz]

Double wall rigid rocks!

 

[Grimlock13]

I believe that is the ticket , the double wall

 

[transmogrifire]

I have a 602cb vented out the back right into a class a tee. only the 4" to "6 adapter is black pipe. its impossible to get any build up. A stove that small is running pretty hot all the time to do anything and the flu stays toasty warm.