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I lived in Colorado for five years. Only thing I had was pine. Pine beetle damage was EXTREME so there was a lot of wood to be had. I cleaned the chimmey twice a yr. but never saw much build up. Everywhere else I lived I had access to oak, hickory, and maple. Moved here to N.C. about 8 yrs. ago. First 2 years, burned pine since previous owner had it stacked all over the place and there was a lot of blow downs. Again, cleaned the chimmey twice a yr. No problems. I'm burining the hard woods now (TONS more heat out of it) but still clean the chimmey twice a yr. No difference in the crud I clean out. So, go ahead a burn it. As others have said, make sure it's seasoned and make sure you have a LOT of it.
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