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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv
Thanks Curt. I have a chimney brush I've used but got only a bare minimum of debris each time. You guys who do a major amount of heating with stoves should be saluted. It's sort of an art coordinating wood, usage, cleaning, and everything else that goes along with it.
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I find that I get more debris out of the top of the stove (where the black pipe comes out) than the whole chimney. I only have a 4' section above the stove that could drop creosote into the stove, so it is probably sparks that die in the chimney (another good reason to have a damper, and clean often).
I do have an ash pan, that I dump into a lidded bucket that then sits behind the stove. while it cools, but still gives off heat, This bucket is many times red hot on the inside, and can't be dumped outside until it has sat for a day to cool to a gray color. I shovel ash out from under the red hot coals.