Cleaning a wood stove...

[dlundblad]

... with no way to access the stovepipe.

The wood box has 4 stainless tubes running across the top to aid in secondary combustion as well as the typical brick encasing. The stove also has a fiber blanket above the bricks that per the manual should not be removed through the door. My concern is all the junk dropping down the pipe and just sitting on the blanket.

Aside from disassembling the stovepipe, is there a good way to clean something like this?

The stove is a High Valley 1600. Thanks everyone.

 

[larry4406]

Try hearth.com

 

[PCustoms]

Take the pipe off, should be fairly simple.

 

[dlundblad]

Try hearth.com

Already did. Zero responses.

I guess taking the pipe apart it is then.

 

[TractorJeff]

Wife and I take the pipe off the stove to ceiling. Then put two push rods on the brush. Take a good garbage bag, poke a hole in the side 3/4 of the way up. Slide rod thru the hole. Take bag up ladder to where pipe exists the ceiling. Push brush into chimney pipe. Wrap opening of bag around pipe. Wife adds rods and scrubs while I catch the debris in the bag. Minimizes Creosote falling on the floor and dust that would normally become air borne.
Take stove pipe outside after cleaning chimney, clean this outside. Bring back in re-assemble. Done in less than an hour with all creosote in the garbage bag!
Make sense?

 

[Bretny]

Dont push the brush up from the bottom.

In your situation i would put a slip coupler in the stove pipe. Slide it up, put a piece of plywood over the stove side of the pipe, put a brown paper bag over the plywood and slide the pipe down into the bag. Tape or tie it to the upper side stove pipe then clean from the top. Then all you have to do is slide the pipe back up and throw the bag away.

My stove is easy to take appart so i just let it all fall in the stove.

 

[dlundblad]

Using a paper bag.. Never thought of that.

Thanks guys.