What's it supposed to look like?

[Leckbass]

I opened up the T on my double wall pipe this morning it took a few photos, the first photo is what was sitting on the removable cap on the bottom of the T. Another photo is straight up the double wall pipe. And the last photo is with my arm up to double wall taking a photo of the black pipe going into the T.

Is this normal? Is this too much creosote? Is this bad creosote. Or just normal build up? I appreciate your opinion.

 

[snaple4]

How long since installation/last cleaning?

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[Leckbass]

I cleaned it this summer.

 

[ratsrepus]

what stove do you have going there? Doesn't look like the gooey runny stuff I see on some folks pipes, but it does like look like it could another brushing?

 

[HomeinPA]

I opened up the T on my double wall pipe this morning it took a few photos, the first photo is what was sitting on the removable cap on the bottom of the T. Another photo is straight up the double wall pipe. And the last photo is with my arm up to double wall taking a photo of the black pipe going into the T.

Is this normal? Is this too much creosote? Is this bad creosote. Or just normal build up? I appreciate your opinion.
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Well it's certainly dirty and needs cleaned but it looks like your burning well. The type of appliance has an impact but the other question is - how much wood have you burned so far?

 

[KindredSpiritzz]

Id definitely brush it, i had a chimney fire once with a pipe that looked like that.

 

[Leckbass]

what stove do you have going there? Doesn't look like the gooey runny stuff I see on some folks pipes, but it does like look like it could another brushing?

That is on a VC Dutchwest 2478.

 

[Leckbass]

The deposits are not black or gooey. They are brown or dark tan

 

[Ctwoodtick]

You do have some shiny black stuff in the pic of the black pipe. And yourfirst pic had a bunch of black deposits.

 

[begreen]

How much wood has run through the stove since last summer? How well seasoned is the wood?

 

[Leckbass]

How much wood has run through the stove since last summer? How well seasoned is the wood?

The wood is a mix of elm, oak, and maple that was split 1 to 2 years ago

I burned about 1 cord so far

 

[Leckbass]

You do have some shiny black stuff in the pic of the black pipe. And yourfirst pic had a bunch of black deposits.

There were a bunch of small black flakes that were sitting on the cap when I removed it, but when you look up the chimney the far majority of the deposits are brown, not black

 

[begreen]

That is a fair amount of accumulation for one cord. Not alarming, but it could be that the 1yr wood needs a bit more seasoning. Based on this it looks like sweeping the flue system after one cord burned is a good idea until the wood supply is 2+ years seasoned after being split and stacked. Were any of these pictures of what the flue looks like at the top?

 

[Leckbass]

That is a fair amount of accumulation for one cord. Not alarming, but it could be that the 1yr wood needs a bit more seasoning. Based on this it looks like sweeping the flue system after one cord burned is a good idea until the wood supply is 2+ years seasoned after being split and stacked. Were any of these pictures of what the flue looks like at the top?

None of the pictures were from the top. They are all from the opening in the bottom of the T. I did look into the chimney with the inspection camera. It seems like most of the deposits are in the first 5 ft of the chimney when I look up the chimney with the camera.

I have not gone up to the roof to look at the cap.

 

[begreen]

The top is where the flue gases will be the coolest and often where the worst accumulation is.

 

[Leckbass]

Well, I cleaned it anyway, I did not climb up on a roof though, I used the detachable poles and the poly brush to go all the way to the top of the chimney from the bottom. I got a good amount of residue out, but again most of the residue was on the lower portion, I did knock out some big chunks where the cap is though.

I also use the bore snake for the black pipe.