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I burn primarily anthracite coal in my DS Heatright stove after starting the fire with wood. Do I meed to clean my class A steel chimney liner ?

I haven't burned a fire in 10 yrs and decide i wanted to use this nice feature again. I only burn a few logs now & then and not as heat, more for ambience. I use to burn one of those logs before using my fireplace. Today i had an inspection for the 1st time ever in 25 yrs and he said my chimney was actually pretty clean & in no danger. Surprised me. But im getting some crumbling crown mason repair & a new top lock damper as my old firebox damper has seen better days. So maybe those logs do help? But I'd def have cleanings.

Good vid

Just pay the $300 once per year for a professional sweep and inspection performed with a camera. Burn your wood dry, and hot, and once in awhile thrown in a creosote burning log. Why fool around with burning your house down or killing your family to save $300 bucks. Nuts!

We used to live in an old house with brick chimneys until 1961. Chimney Swifts nested there yearly, as well as in most old houses in the area. I used to look at a nest through a capped stove pipe opening. The nest was out of reach several feet below. I once stuck my hand in there and caught the bird as it tried to fly up to escape. After examining the bird, I released it back into the chimney. The nest contained at least 5 white eggs. Eventually, that chimney was lined and capped once a wood stove was added. Other old houses were knocked down or upgraded. I have noticed almost no Chimney Swifts flying and chirping lately when there used to be many, especially just before evening.

Thank u so much for explaining all of this to me. I love listening to u.

I usually start burning wood mid to late October and finish mid to late April we only burn wood for heating our 1800sq foot home chimney sweeping log will use 2 season one at start season and one at the end of season to protect my liner over the summer they work great but you still half to sweep your chimney every 6 weeks if burn like me here in 🇨🇦

I just cut a few cedar saplings and let them get about half dried out. Then, once a year, stuff them in bottom of chimney and light a fire under them. That hot burn from the cedar would light off the deposits in it and burn them out. Looked like a jet out the top of the chimney. Di it when it's raining or real heavy fog or you might light surrounding stuff.😊

The biggest problem is people burning garbage wood. Burning seasoned hardwood is best but allow the chimney to heat up by letting your stove be inefficient once in a while. Open up the dampers and contribute to global warming

ive been heating my house with wood for 40yrs , i throw a 12 oz can of rock salt in my stove a day before i clean my chimney the creosote is almost gone it drys up and falls back into the stove never hada problem doing this, sure makes life easy

Is stainless steel better at surviving a chimney fire or would it also still get damaged? I imagine after this incident you'd have to completely replace the chimney right? That would be a pretty big task for masonry.

I have glass doors does that means I’ll be fine? I burned unseasoned wood the past 2 days (obviously I didn’t know what I was doing) it’s has been 24hrs since turned it off and still some white smoke coming out of it, thoughts? Should I worry?

One danger of a chimney fire is the sparks shooting out of the chimney and catching your roof on fire. Just sayin'

Glass doors that can be closed to cut off the oxygen are a good idea. No air, no fire.

i have never had a creosote issue. However, I have typically very hot stove temps. 650 to 800 degrees for short times. It burns everything out.

Thank you for this video. Russ i truly adore u!! Your so smart. I have a question i would like to ask u...

What is 3rd degree creosote?

An old mountain man told me a secret way to clean a chimney. Toss a large russet potato into your woodstove once a week. The chemicals in the burning potato dries up the creosote deposits causing rhem to dry out and fall back into your firebox. It works i used this technique for 10 years. Looking up into my chimney the coatings are dry and look like soot. No creosote deposits anywhere.

I have burned my chemney CLEAN for 30 years,no problems.

Oh don't smoke a cigarette, but go light off a mess of smoke like this for people to breathe in,you dam hippicrites are so dumb.

I believe in not taking chances. I clean my chimney at least annually with either a manual brush or a brush powered my drill. And I only use dried wood! To not do this is only stupid and careless.

But what if my wood doesn’t have that sizzling water ??? I could still have ‘green’ wood without the sizzling water right??

I just built a Masonry chimney using a product called Chimtek..all the Amish families I know use Chimtek and they all recommend it..I wanted to find out for myself if the liner and chimney would hold up to a chimney fire just like the manufacturer said..so I took a scrap piece to work and heated it up with an oxygen/acetylene rose bud torch..I blasted the end for 2 minutes and it was glowing orange..I could see some puddling like it was making glass...at the end .there were no cracks or distortion.. can't believe it..I feel super confident about this chimney and can't wait to use this coming Friday.. 🔥

I seen a couple comments on terra cotta liner for a masonry chimney...i can see the cracks and wondering what people think about a Chimtek product...it is a pumice based liner ans supposed to not crack .all the Amish families i know use Chimtek exclusively..i just built one myself.i had a stove for 23 years with a stainless class A chimney but never felt comfortable leaving the house with a fire going and I swept the chimney and stove annually..

Why I keep it old-school and run no liner!

Burn plywood in the fireplace? is the glue toxic?

Learned absolutely nothing. My damper doesn't push 'up', it pulls down. My problem is I can't close it, it won't stay 'up' which means closed in my case.

Pretty sure he misspoke when giving the dimensions of a cord of wood. He said the cubic footage correctly (128 cubic feet) but mentioned 8'x8'x12' as the dimensions and I think he meant 4'x4'x8'.

The old timers knew how to build a chimney with the brick and mortar right up against the flue tile so the expansion and contraction of the tile couldn’t happen and crack. Yes it “might” do some damage to the exterior of the chimney, but I would rather repoint the outside instead of having to install a stainless liner. Today you have an 1”-2” air gap in between the brick and tile when building, so yes now it’s going to expand, contract and crack.

Well no shit

I converted to gas fireplace when moving into home 20 years ago. However shortly after using fireplace within a couple months I began to smell gas. I had someone come out said no gas leak. Could be downdraft? What should I do have it cleaned? It didn’t have a gas odor when I first began to use it. Please help me Thank you! I never used it now for 20 years. It happened to both fireplaces. No one could tell me what to do

LOOOOOL

Wrapping paper ain't the problem, it's the silly act of putting too much in at once

You forgot Santa could also be stuck

It just gets chilly in the spring time.

These swifts have proved to be way worse than I imagined. My first year at my home in VA we had them and put up with them and kinda thought it was cool,(we are from Los Angeles so yeah nature)lol. I forgot to put a cap on that year and they came back this last year. Upon them showing up my wife was also pregnant. After having my son she has been in the hospital every couple weeks because she cannot breath without oxygen and while on oxygen her levels drop to dangerously low levels. After various trips to lung specialists someone finally randomly asked,” do y’all have birds in your chimney?” And I said that we did and basically my wife has ILD and it was apparently triggered by the birds droppings and feathers still in the chimney even thought the flu is shut.

This is a safety feature! Keep a bucket of water near the fireplace. Also a bottle of spray water is nice to control the flames > It ever hurts to drown out a fire

Yes but risking a chimney fire. by a high flame fire burning it out. Best way to keep a chimney clean is not burning low fires. Burn hot fires. Don't let the flames reach the top of the flue top. This keep it cleaner longer. Go out side 👀LOOK to see if you see sparks and flames. if so? its to hot. Wet the fire down. Then go back out and look to see again sparks and flames. Keep doing this to see how high, you can burn to the flames height. Then you set on how high to burn your fireplace

Good advice, thank you!

extremely helpful to see what the heck my contractor was talking about. Parge LOL , what a word. thanks again

Hello from the Midwest. I came into the industry almost by chance. At 51, I spent almost 30 years in framing, and carpentry. I was actually looking to slow down. I hired on with a local company. This is challenging and fascinating career. I have used every aspect of my experience, and have learned more. I am currently working on my 3rd NFI cert, and spend a lot of time teaching. I highly recommend this to young people looking for a challenging , yet rewarding career. Bill

Well who tf would shove that much paper to burn at one time? 😂especially in a chimney

😕 "promosm"

In example #1 at the 41 second mark, there are 3 tubes just below the damper. What are those tubes? I have almost an exact fireplace. I was hoping these were vents that heat up and I can run a fan to blow hot air out the front/top part of the chimeny fire box. Right now thats all closed by brick.

I'll be there this April, I've been studying hard and hope I pass!

Well, I guess someone would do these things, there are many idiots out there. Oh look, you made a video 😀

When he explained the expansion thing, I knew it would crack.

John is the man!

Love the humor, ha!

Masonry chimneys should not even be built anymore! Metal is the way to go!