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[Coach]

I have to clean my chimney from time to time. . . . . .does anyone have any tips on how to keep it clean on a regular basis?  I have a 290 shaver, It works great but I think the wood I am using this year is not as seasoned as it should be and that is leaving more creosote in the chimney....
thanks

[fireboss]

Leave the door open its a self cleaning !

[Coach]

I've done that, what happens is I get flames shooting out the door.....not up the chimney.  With a Shaver they have a Chimney that is low, with the door open for any length of time I will burn off the tin before I would remove the creosote.     Thanks for you comment though.

[willieG]

coach...just opern the door a 1/2 inch or so that should do it and it shoudl suck enough air not to roll fire out the door

[MattyNH]

How high is your chimney? Is it something that your can reach..If you can, why not stick a chimney brush down it

[hondaracer2oo4]

Coach, Have you done the updates on the stove such as the damper actuated fan and the real aquastat? My buddy has the 160 and had the same problems because of smoldering fires with the original set up. We did the updates and now don't have any boiling issues or creosote. The door gaskets also go bad quickly and could cause the issues as well, take a look at the ash door and fire door gaskets.

[Wood Nutt]

Since its a Shaver, if you just want to feed a bunch of air to it and out the chimney to burn out the creosote, make a hole in the coals a few inches behind the main door, add your wood fuel and open the ash door, that will feed air under the fire and up thru the burn chamber area and out the chimney.  You shouldn't have any fire coming out of the stove door that way.

I put a post on here a few weeks ago about fixing a sagging Shaver door that seems to help minimize the door gasket problem too.  It has helped my door gasket hold together much better this year.

I have also read if you use insulated pipe outside of the unit, it cuts down on the creosote development.  that might be something to look into if its a frequent problem.

[Coach]

Thanks a lot for the info.......chimney is not very high and I put together a brush.....opening the ash door is something I haven't tried so I will do that also.....Thanks again,  I'll let you know how it works out..
Coach 

[victor6deep]

Run 180 max temp and it will stay clean as a whistle, I learned the hard way.

[mlappin]

I have also read if you use insulated pipe outside of the unit, it cuts down on the creosote development.  that might be something to look into if its a frequent problem.

i built mine years ago and made up a piece of double wall pipe, it finally rotted out and I bit the bullet for a piece of double walled insulated stainless.

Expensive but haven't had to clean it since installing it the first of November.