Spring Cleaning advise. Lennox Montage

[riff42]

So, I gave up on looking for pellets. I ran 10 bags of TS Pine bedding pellets, but the last few bags kinda sucked. It's warm enough, so I quit for the season.

Now, I gots a Lennox Elite Montage. I did a good sweeping and vacuuming of the inside, brushed as much as I could. PUlled the fire brick off, and got into the heat exchangers. I pulled the combustion blower off and tried to clean it out as much as I could with the brushes I have.

Now, there are 2 ports with covers behind the fire brick...not sure where they go, but got lots of ash inside. I tried by best to suck out anything. So.....

How anal should I get when cleaning? Should I give a good brush and vacuum everything, or scrub down to the metal? Take the auger and room air blower off and clean it? Get a snaking small brush for the weird holes I see on the inside of the stove that go god knows where? They are obviously in a place that you cant get too (like the 2 next to the heat exchangers at the top....maybe 5mm gap between the holes and the tubes. Can't get in there at ALL.

I also snagged a drier lint vent brush, and it works great!

 

[krooser]

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[boo boo]

Unplug it
Put some DampRid inside it to eliminate the moisture till fall time

 

[riff42]

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I did that with my vacuum on reverse a few months back. WOW I was amazing how much blew out They need to teflon coat vent pipes or something so it doesnt stick.

 

[Lake Girl]

Would be a good idea to use a small paint brush on the vanes of the room blower and vacuum out the dust.

When cleaning out the ash ports on my stove, I take the lint dryer brush and try to clean as many interior spaces as it can reach. I attach a tube to my shop vac ( with drywall filter) and snake it around up towards the heat exhangers. That space starts up at the heat exchanger, runs behind the firebox and exits to the combustion blower. I usually wipe down the metal surfaces when I have the fire brick removed.

Empty the hopper and vacuum fines.

Damp rid in a container in the fire box. Good idea to cap/cover exhaust and OAK.

 

[riff42]

Ah, i forgot to ask about the Cap/Vent! Figured it should be covered so noone builds nests in there (bugs obviously, not birds)...bet it will be another way for stinkbugs to get into my house!

Thanks for the info all.