last night I started a fire with birch bark and it was crazy !!
It being so dry and the door was cracked open so the air mix was high the fire was going around my baffle plate and a few feet up the chimney.
At first I was going to slow it down but I thought it would be a good time to clean out the stack as I had just removed my heat reclaimer (bad Idea) and there was some buildup .
after about 2 minutes the fire died down and all was good.
today I took apart the 6 foot uninsulated section that connects to the insulated roof section and it shows no sign of any buildup.
I am also burning very dry birch this year and no more reclaimer as it was crap and a bad idea to begin with .
do any of you do a controlled burn like this or should I have used a brush??
my stack from the top of the stove to the top of the cap is 16ft and straight up with no bends .
It being so dry and the door was cracked open so the air mix was high the fire was going around my baffle plate and a few feet up the chimney.
At first I was going to slow it down but I thought it would be a good time to clean out the stack as I had just removed my heat reclaimer (bad Idea) and there was some buildup .
after about 2 minutes the fire died down and all was good.
today I took apart the 6 foot uninsulated section that connects to the insulated roof section and it shows no sign of any buildup.
I am also burning very dry birch this year and no more reclaimer as it was crap and a bad idea to begin with .
do any of you do a controlled burn like this or should I have used a brush??
my stack from the top of the stove to the top of the cap is 16ft and straight up with no bends .