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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers with NON EPA-Certified Models Only => RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only => Topic started by: Stihl_Hammer on November 26, 2014, 10:41:52 AM

Title: Creosete management
Post by: Stihl_Hammer on November 26, 2014, 10:41:52 AM

I'm been running my 7500 for about 2 weeks now. I've noticed that the whole inside of the fire box is coated with creosete-should I be doing anything to manage that? Should I be scraping the wall daily/weekly? Only maintenance during the season that Ridgewood mentions is taking care of the ash. Do any of you guys clean your stoves on a regular basis or is it just at the end of the season? Anybody using Ashtrol?

Title: Re: Creosete management
Post by: automan77 on November 26, 2014, 10:56:46 AM

Fill your firebox with cardboard and let it rip.

Title: Re: Creosete management
Post by: Stihl_Hammer on November 26, 2014, 12:10:12 PM

How often do you do that?

Title: Re: Creosete management
Post by: automan77 on November 26, 2014, 12:54:05 PM

Last winter I did it  a couple times. 

Title: Re: Creosete management
Post by: Roscoe on November 26, 2014, 12:57:24 PM

Make sure your wood is dry or semi dry. Not sure of your location but you will have less creosote the colder it gets, leaving the stove less time to sit idle. No Ashtrol here