This morning Tony has gone for a walk with his friend and I have just cleaned the baffle plate on my wood stove. My chimney sweep showed me how to do this a few years ago but seeing as how not many of my friends with woodstoves knew this should be done I thought you might like a quick video link. This is a similar style of stove to the one we have but there are other styles so you might want to take a quick look on you tube. Make sure that your stove is cold before you start seems a bit of a daft instruction but please don't attempt it if you have been using the stove.. Let it cool down. You have been warned :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C8he6AS49U
You will need a torch so that you can see the two pins that hold the baffle plate in place but it really is dead straight forward.. Having said that I think Tony has only ever done it once after I showed him. Somehow it's another job that became mine.
Well you live and you learn! We've had a wood burner for 15 years and have never cleaned the baffle plate. Jon and I both watched the video and Jon's currently sweeping away 15 years of accumulated ash! thanks, Cherie! xxx
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DeleteGood for you. I had the chimney sweep here last October to clean the one for my fireplace. It's still working well, and I will have it swept again next year.
ReplyDeleteChimney sweeps are supposed to bring you good luck... Did he/she? :-)
DeleteWow, who knew. It is certainly something that I will be having a go at.
ReplyDeleteIt's surprising how much ash can build up. I do ours a couple of times a year.
DeleteI don't think our development even allows us to burn wood. Your gardens (your last post)...beautiful! You have them so neat and nice...I know that is hard work! Andrea
ReplyDeleteThank you for this - another job for the never-ending list! Vicki
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