What do guys use to clean out the clean out? I have no cleanout!

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CHeath

Feeling the Heat
Feb 18, 2013
273
Northwest NorthCarolina Mtns
My basement chimney has no cleanout. If I want to sweep and clean I have to remove the stove pipe and shop vac the stuff out. Is there a way to install a clean out?

thx

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My basement chimney has no cleanout. If I want to sweep and clean I have to remove the stove pipe and shop vac the stuff out. Is there a way to install a clean out?
Possibly does the chimney extend down past the crock? Regardless you will still need to remove the pipe to clean it though
 
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That stove is not there anymore but a new one will be soon just like it. With a 45* angle pipe this time of course.
 
It's not uncommon to have no cleanout. I don't see it as a problem at all. Like was mentioned, the pipe needs taken down and cleaned when the chimbey gets swept anyway.