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Flue I cleaned in March vs now, same house, same wood, and I finally get why
Did a sweep for a guy in Concord back in March and the flue had maybe a quarter inch of shiny black creosote caked all the way up. Went back last week after he switched to a moisture meter and seasoned wood and it came out in flakes instead of tar. Anyone else see that big a change just from drying wood longer?
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wyatt_mitchell2629d ago
For years I rolled my eyes at the old guys saying seasoning matters more than anything. Figured creosote was creosote and a hot fire would burn it off. Had a customer in Loudon last winter with glazed junk so thick I could barely get the brush through, and he swore his wood was dry because it sat in his garage since summer. Told him to get a meter and stop guessing. He came back this spring and it was like sweeping a different chimney, just black flakes raining down. Never seen anything flip that fast, but it's real. Wet wood going in is the whole ballgame.
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