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My inlaws live in southern Oregon and they have a woodstove that is there main source of heat. They have used the stove 3 years they have lived there. Last year they chimney plugged up so bad the stove was worthless. My brother inlaw went down there and took the chimney pipe apart and and brushed it out. With in 2 weeks it was plugged again just as bad. Same process was repeated. Then 1 month later same thing. So this past summer the landlord sent a chimney sweep out. He said the chimney was 2 short and did a sweep then added 4 feet to the chimey. He also tested the moisture in the wood it was at 5%. The weather has changed and they are in wood burning season and the chimney is plugged yet again. It does not seem to matter if the stove is running wide open or damper closed. They burning oak and fir.
My inlaws live in southern Oregon and they have a woodstove that is there main source of heat. They have used the stove 3 years they have lived there. Last year they chimney plugged up so bad the stove was worthless. My brother inlaw went down there and took the chimney pipe apart and and brushed it out. With in 2 weeks it was plugged again just as bad. Same process was repeated. Then 1 month later same thing. So this past summer the landlord sent a chimney sweep out. He said the chimney was 2 short and did a sweep then added 4 feet to the chimey. He also tested the moisture in the wood it was at 5%. The weather has changed and they are in wood burning season and the chimney is plugged yet again. It does not seem to matter if the stove is running wide open or damper closed. They burning oak and fir.