Vibes
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I usually only clean mine in September and once a winter. There will be some puffy soot from burning coal and some build-up. You know anything could happen, but I could go all winter without cleaning it.
my cap has managed to have some build up if its really cold and i've been putting green hedge that has been cut within a week of going in the stove AND the tree was alive when i cut it in the same week. But it takes a solid month of no rain/snow for it to cause any draft issue's (found out last winter) so i was freaking about to sweep my chimney (only 10' total) and when i took the cap off it was ALL in the cap. cleaned the cap out and went ahead i swept the chimney cause i was already there and still had less than a cup of soot. Never had the problem 4 years before, haven't had it this year either. I always wondered why i hadn't had the problem before but the only thing i can figure is the lack of snow for a month or 6 weeks didn't "clean" it out of there.The most build up I have is on the rain cap itself, I try and keep my stove top temp 450 -600* but burning green stuff sometimes it is hard do. But even still I get no build up. If it ever warms up enough to let the stove cool off I am going to pull the pipe at the bottom and see how much soot is on top of the stove. My pipe just goes straight up.
Yes he can and then we (wood burners) will pay for his stupidity down the road as they out law wood burners do to them not being safe.its a free country this guy can still do what he wants, but being free there can be consequences to pay for. like mentioned it might be a good idea to have someone else’s opinion step in to help bolster yours. this guy is literally playing with fire and his house and family are involved. my guess is that it is easy and covenant for him and he won’t change until something happens.
I'm not saying that starting a chimney fire is a good way to clean the flue but I don't understand how starting a fire in a in a flue that's designed to contain fire can cause your house to burn down. I understand that in a masonry chimney, that might have cracks, a chimney fire can escape and catch the house on fire but a double walled SS flue seems like its up to the task.
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