I need the experts to weigh in here. I swept my chimney two days ago. Since then I seem to be having some smoke problems.
Here is what I did. I gently removed my baffle and found that the baffle gasket was destroyed. So, I used some Roxul to fabricate a new one. Fairly easy. Then I went up the roof to sweep. I ran the brush (poly) down the SS flex liner (in an exterior chimney). About 10 feet down I met some resistance. I didn't want to force the brush for fear of damage. So I came back up. I was left with about a 1/2 cup of goodies in the floor of the stove. Cleaned it up and replaced the baffle.
Had some fire since then, and I feel that I am having smoking problems. I get the fire up hot (550-600). Secondaries are firing. Wood is at 10% with the moisture meter. What could possibly be causing the smoke? By the way, I'm fairly certain it's not water vapor, but I could be wrong.
Also, what is with the resistance part way down the chimney? I know there is a slight bend part way down that I had to deal with during installation. Before the sweep the stove ran flawlessly.
JC
Here is what I did. I gently removed my baffle and found that the baffle gasket was destroyed. So, I used some Roxul to fabricate a new one. Fairly easy. Then I went up the roof to sweep. I ran the brush (poly) down the SS flex liner (in an exterior chimney). About 10 feet down I met some resistance. I didn't want to force the brush for fear of damage. So I came back up. I was left with about a 1/2 cup of goodies in the floor of the stove. Cleaned it up and replaced the baffle.
Had some fire since then, and I feel that I am having smoking problems. I get the fire up hot (550-600). Secondaries are firing. Wood is at 10% with the moisture meter. What could possibly be causing the smoke? By the way, I'm fairly certain it's not water vapor, but I could be wrong.
Also, what is with the resistance part way down the chimney? I know there is a slight bend part way down that I had to deal with during installation. Before the sweep the stove ran flawlessly.
JC