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Originally Posted by DickR
Running a woodstove on unseasoned wood with air turned way down is apt to contribute to fouling the chimney, potentially leading later to a chimney fire. If you see smoke coming from the chimney well after startup, that's an indication of incomplete combustion from wet wood or a stove simply not running hot enough. Smoke from the chimney is only part of what enters the chimney.
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Yes, that's what I thought.
So when I had a chance to examine the inside if my stainless steel pipe and three
Metalbestos pipe sections--following ten+ years of seasonal use--i can report a very thin layer of creosote. Woodstoves aren't as likely to have chimney fires anyway. It's fireplaces that are especially suspect. If you suspect you're having a chimney fire, don't open the damper!
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Originally Posted by DBreskin
Add carbon monoxide detectors to that list, especially if you’re burning wood for heat.
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I installed one in a bedroom as soon as they came out.
"Maintence" required annually replacing the 9-volt battery plus a special "module" that you had to order from the factory every year.
Curious as to the $47 special plastic 'module" that
had to be ordered from the factory, I pried a corner to peek inside. "Prying" turned into "opening"; whereupon, I found an ordinary 9-volt battery!
When it comes to extinguishing a fire, keep extinguishers fully loaded, and mounted for safe and rapid deployment on each floor and at the shoreline.