Hey wood burners

[Admin]

Those of you that burn wood, what kind of chimney do you have? Masonary, Metalbestos, Triple wall or other?

I have a masonary one where my stonework is but all the rest of my chimneys are now metalbestos. Metalbestos is the way to go as far as I'm concerned. I find them virtually maintenance free. I never find any creosote buildup in them at all, not even in the workshop where I burn nothing but junk wood, mostly pine and other softwoods. I can go years without cleaning them and I pull the cap and attempt to clean them and there's nothing but a little soot inside. I clean my masonary one about 3 times a year and have creosote all the time, and I burn all good dry wood in the house. Those of you that have a metalbestos chimney, do you find the same results?

[TRAPnHUNT]

I have triple wall for my Lopi stove.

[patricimo54]

I have had the same triple wall run up thru the attic and 2' above the house since 89 with very little issue.

I had thought about using 8" ceramic flue tile on my Arkansas place. I got them as a freebee from one of our plants, but after reading your post JC this may not be a good choice?

[lilweasel]

I have a field stone masonary chimney. I burn dry wood and haven't had any problems with creosete build up. I like to clean it at least once a month though.

[Nutso]

A little trick to keep creosote buildup down is to burn all your potato peelings and egg shells. People laugh, but it works. ;D

[TRAPnHUNT]

Aug 27, 2011 6:24:03 GMT -5 Nutso said:

A little trick to keep creosote buildup down is to burn all your potato peelings and egg shells. People laugh, but it works. ;D

I thought that I was the only one that does that! It does work!!!

[bigjim]

8 inch well casing with a clean out in the bottom. A good whack with the ol' sledge knocks anything down - simple to clean out. But we now have a gas well so wood burning is going out.

[stickbowhntr]

Now that we have FREE gas we burn a lot less wood an EVEN less often light it. I think that leads big into build up in the chimney. Going from cold to hot and not hot enough fire when we do burn . That is big problem with Masonry but the 3 wall I hear its no issue with. AND i HAVE HEARD BURN UP YOUR BATTERIES [LIKE FLASHLIGHT] TO KEEP THE SOOT BUILDUP DOWN,

[Admin]

Aug 28, 2011 7:39:39 GMT -5 bigjim said:

8 inch well casing with a clean out in the bottom. A good whack with the ol' sledge knocks anything down

Interesting setup Jim. ;D

Hey Stickbow, How do you get "free gas?"

[stickbowhntr]

Free gas is becasue we have settled on so much gas per year in lew of payment for damages and the transmission line when they crossed my property to drill on anothers property. LOTS more than I will ever use in my home. I am looking into a gas power electric generator to make some of my own electric so I can cut that bill too.