Outdoor Wood Furnace Info

All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: dolphin13 on October 21, 2013, 02:23:33 PM

Title: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: dolphin13 on October 21, 2013, 02:23:33 PM

Getting ready to fire up this week this being my 2nd year on my boiler.Several times during the summer I would open the exterior door and on the shelf that is under door there would be a noticeable amount of liquid creosote.I wouldn't think my gasket would need replaced the stove was purchased brand new last year.Is this normal?I thought I did a fairly descent job of cleaning the stove last season.I don't see anyway to adjust the door to make it close tighter.Any ideas? 

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: f150bft on October 21, 2013, 04:33:59 PM

Burning green wood or unseasoned wood will cause that.

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: Pit Crew on October 21, 2013, 05:06:24 PM

Is this during the summer when it was not fired up?

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: DaveWertz on October 21, 2013, 06:35:40 PM

Its caused by the stove not working hard. No worries. Mine does it at this time of the yr. Once a week I will get the stove really hot and scrape the creasote off with a garden hoe. It will clean itself out once it starts working a little bit harder. Just take a wire brush to the gasket and ruff it up really good. get all the soot off of there. It will almost fluff back up.

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: dolphin13 on October 22, 2013, 06:27:12 AM

It was during the summer when not fired up.I only burn seasoned wood.I lit the stove last evening everything seems to be OK

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: hoardac on October 23, 2013, 07:11:09 PM

I burn mine off with my giant propane weed burner/fire-starter.

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: victor6deep on October 23, 2013, 08:09:40 PM

Its most likely from the stove not being in demand enough. I would run a 10 degree diff when its not getting the demand and switch to a 15 diff when I starts working. Also pull all your coal and ash up to the front. I have started doing this and not adding but a couple pieces and I have yet to have a drippy door..

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: Pit Crew on October 24, 2013, 02:35:47 AM

Guys, his problem occured in the summer while the boiler was shut down.

Title: Re: Creosote coming out door?
Post by: slimjim on October 24, 2013, 03:49:25 AM

Nice catch Pit Crew, Thats what I thought too, as far as the stove, the only ones I've looked over are the old conventionals, the dealers up here are pretty secretive with thier new stove.