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bobbotron
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:52am
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The wood stove saga continues. We still haven't decided on a location yet, but are leaning towards one corner, which would be a nice spot for the stove, but a less than nice spot for a stove pipe. It will probably result in about 9 feet of stovepipe above the roof, which will need to be braced, etc. The problem with this setup is, there'll be absolutely no way to clean the chimney from above with out a crane, or ability to fly. I was wondering if there is a way to clean metal stove pipes from below - is there a special chimney plumbing you have to do to be able to do this?
Cheers!
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Malamute
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:21pm - Edited by: Malamute
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I use a 5 gallon bucket with a hole in the bottom for the rods to go thru. I also glued a funnel upside down inside the bucket to help catch most of the junk that came out. It's best to have a helper hold the bucket, and you just work the rods/brush up and down. a little escapes, but not really very much. Wear a dust mask if it bothers you, since its about in your face when doing it.
You have to add and subtract individual rods as you go, part of the reason to have a spare set of hands helping.
It's certainly best not to have any bends in it, or just a little wiggle bend to ger around a rafter. Bends are hard to get the brush through. If there's any bends, I generally take them off when cleaning, so if they are accesible it's best. Still better than climbing up on a steep roof with a long pipe.
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bobbotron
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:57pm
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Malamute, how do you get the brush into your stove pipe from the bottom? Can you feed it in through your wood stove or some other way?
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dstraate
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2012 02:28pm
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Just did this a month ago. Buy as man connecting rods as you need to get all of the way to the top, disconnect the pipe from the chimney, and just saw away. Not much builds up if you do it every year and burn hot fires.
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Malamute
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2012 09:36pm - Edited by: Malamute
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I take the lower section off. It also has a couple swivel elbows to get around the rafter, so needed to come off anyway.
Guess I should have mentioned that before,.... 
The lower (or somewhere inside under the roof jack/support)usually has a slip joint, so isn't too hard to take apart. You need enough room to get the rods into the pipe and work them in any event.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2012 10:09am
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On our stove chimney we have an elbow also-so that it went through the roof at a more favorable spot. After the elbow it enters the stainless steel portion to continue it's way outdoors. The stainless portion has it's own clean out opening at the bottom of it. So basically we clean the "inside" pipe and then the "outside" pipe.
Only thing we are unsure of is how to clean the cap? It is way up there and out of reach on a 12/12 pitched roof. Anybody else figured that dilemma out yet?
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