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[dolphin13]

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? 

[f150bft]

Burning green wood or unseasoned wood will cause that.

[Pit Crew]

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

[DaveWertz]

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.

[dolphin13]

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

[hoardac]

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

[victor6deep]

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..

[Pit Crew]

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

[slimjim]

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.