Anyone using a chimney cap on their G series?
I started with 2ft of insulated pipe on my stove, and then after noticing a lot of fly ash pieces accumulating on my roof I decided to go out and buy another 2ft of insulated SS pipe and also threw on the SS chimney cap I had laying in the shop from my only wood stove set up. All pipe and cap are the Selkirk from Menards. I did all of this over the holiday break. I have been running with the 4ft of insulated SS pipe and the cap for about 5 days now and I seem to have cut back a bit on the amount of chunky fly ash on my roof, but I am starting to wonder if the chimney cap could be restricting the draft as well?? ive noticed a bit more smoking than normal and a wee bit longer cycle times. Not much more on wood usage though. The cap and top 1ft of the chimney pipe is stained black already and brown juice is already starting to run down the stack. Seems to be worse build up on the chimney stack with the cap on.
Anywho, just figured Id share this in hopes that someone may have some similar experience to share. Im thinking I may just take the cap off and see how it does with just the 4ft of stack.
Thanks