Keep your glass cleaner on 50-93
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Made an experience since season beginning. When comes the shaking procedure, instead of slightly opening the ashdoor when shaking, I open the glass door about 1/2 inch so this way flying ash stays in the ashpan compartment. Work surprising well for me, my glass stays clean since then. Let me know if you like it.
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I've done that quite often (open the glass door). It does work good.......Serge wrote: ↑Sun. Nov. 04, 2018 3:01 pmMade an experience since season beginning. When comes the shaking procedure, instead of slightly opening the ashdoor when shaking, I open the glass door about 1/2 inch so this way flying ash stays in the ashpan compartment. Work surprising well for me, my glass stays clean since then. Let me know if you like it.
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Results after the heating season, 50% less flying ash in my horizontal pipe, compared to previous years. I realised that opening the glass door slightly reduce draft so most of the flying ash stays in the ash pan instead of going up the chimney.
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Not only that, but with the glass door open slightly you keep a steady flow of incoming clean air as so fly ash can't reach it while shaking... and yes you are right about less sediment in the pipe, I use that trick also