Will burning at high heat remove creosote build up?

[hcar84]

Hi sorry if this has been asked before, I did try searching the forum but had no luck. I've moved into a newly built house with a newly installed multi fuel stove. I followed the manufacturers instructions and burnt only kiln dried wood and started with a few small fires. When my husband and I lit our first proper fire, after a short while the carbon monoxide alarms went off. I had to reduced the airflow to the fire for it to go out. The next morning I noticed a lot of thick black liquid had run down the outside of the chimney. I'm guessing is is creosote. My builder insists this is from burning the wrong fuel and that I just need to burn smokeless fuel at a high heat to get rid of the creosote. Is he right? I'm really apprehensive about a listing a fire again especially as burning at a high rate caused our CO monitor to go off. Can anyone advise?
Thanks
Rachel

 

[Jags]

Creosote plus high heat = fire. Your best bet would be to get as much of that stuff cleaned off as possible. Inside being more important than outside. Call in a chimney sweep if need be. Don't set this stuff on fire.

 

[F4jock]

Jags is correct. Have the chimney cleaned and THEN take steps to minimize and eliminate creosote going forward.