Stove Pipe Swept
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Had the stove pipe swept over the summer but we have been burning wood instead of coal (temperature has been too warm to warrant continuous coal fire- just burning wood at night to warm up a bit). It looks like it is finally going to be getting cold enough to start a coal fire and I wondered if I should have the stove pipe swept again before starting the coal fire.
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If you burned hot lively fires, and not air restricted and smoldering, thyen very little creosote will have formed. Probably just a little soot.
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Once you start burning coal, the creosote dries out and falls off anyway. I never bothered with it.
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+1coaledsweat wrote: ↑Wed. Dec. 06, 2017 12:08 amOnce you start burning coal, the creosote dries out and falls off anyway. I never bothered with it.
Years ago I bought a 6 inch pipe brush when I was burning a lot of wood in the beginning of the heating season. But I found I didn't need it, so I recently gave it to one of my daughters who just installed a wood stove.
Paul