[TheForge] Chimney creosote

[Darrell]

If you have good control of the draft, you can control a chimney fire by
closing the intake and starving it for oxygen. If you open the door on the
heater during a chimney burn you will create a real blow torch spitting
chunks of burning creosote all over. If you keep the door closed, the draft
closed and cover the barometric flapper if you have one you can keep the
chimney fire down to just cleaning the creosote out.

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chimney creosote


> Chimney Sweeping Logs, Red Devil, etc. work to a limited extent. What they
> do is send mineral smoke up the stack that binds with the creosote and dry
> it out. This does two things: first it makes it brittle and subject to
> crumbling in the heat/cool cycle and second it makes it less flamible.
>
> They're no substitute for sweeping but they work sort of.
>
> Building a small roaring fire every morning to burn out the creosote in a
> controlled manner works better than the mineral anti-creosote treatments.
>
> You MUST start doing this with a clean stack. If you try this with a dirty
> stack you're likely to start an uncontrolled creosote fire.
>
> Sweeping stacks with turns is a pain but needs to be done.
>
> Our stack is tall access is via a 4 1/2:12 steel (slick) on 2 1/2 stories.
> (scarey) It's an easy sweep though, I filled a 2 lb. coffee can about 2/3
> full of lead so the brush goes down with authority. I think this summer
I'm
> going to make a widows walk so it isn't so scarey getting to the stack.
>
> Frosty
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> From: "Walter Mullett" <wmullett at bright.net>
>
>
> > Have any of you used those "Chimney Sweeping Logs" that are supposed to
> > remove creosote from your wood burning chimney's?
> >
> > I've been running the wood burner in my un-heated "old kitchen" wing at
a
> > really low rate.  Consequently, I am getting more creosote than when it
> > runs
> > at higher temperatures.  I have an air-tight unit with 5' of metal that
> > turns into a thimble near the ceiling and into the original masonry
> > chimney.
> > A couple of weeks ago, my wife turned the unit way up.  When I checked
it,
> > several places on the metal chimney were glowing red from the creosote
> > burning off in it.
> >
> > I always inspect the metal and the masonry at least twice in the season.
> > The last two times I've removed the 5' metal sections, I've found about
> > 1/2"
> > of creosote in them and this time, I see some in the masonry.  I clean
the
> > metal by banging on the side but I don't have brushes for the chimney.
> >
> > Do these logs work?
>
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