Every owner of a bathhouse or a house with stove heating should be aware that soot is released when burning wood and coal. As a result, soot is deposited on the walls of the chimneys. Soot not only interferes with the normal operation of the oven, but is also dangerous as it can burn.<\/p>\n
The most suitable time of the year for cleaning the chimney from soot is early autumn. There is no real cold yet, so you can conduct a thorough analysis and inspection of the entire chimney structure.<\/p>\n
Consider the available tools and methods for getting rid of soot.<\/p>\n
These are chemicals used while the wood is burning. Safe for humans. They destroy the structure of the soot and cause it to crumble downwards. Let's list some of them:<\/p>\n
First, all parts that are not fixed are removed from the firebox. Then cover the firebox with a piece of thick fabric (tarpaulin).<\/p>\n
After the chimney cleaning brush, screw it onto the front of the handle and push it into the chimney hole. Next, wrap it with a cloth, but clamp it with a load. Then wrap the other link and lift the brush up the chimney pipe.<\/p>\n
You need to continue to perform the procedure in this way until a strange weakness appears. In the event that you already clearly feel the force of resistance, then sharply pull the brush in the opposite direction, and then push it forward sharply so that the blockage is completely cleared. Do not start turning the handle, as it may fly out of the link of the holding handle.<\/p>\n
When finished, slowly remove the brush from the chimney hole. During this process, squeeze each link of the handle alternately.<\/p>\n
You can use a fishing rod with a sinker, which must be lowered into the pipe.<\/p>\n
Rock salt is poured onto the burning wood in the stove. The salt particles react with the soot and destroy its structure.<\/p>\n
You put aspen logs in the oven, then you need to close all the doors and latches. The resulting high temperature in the pipe during the burning of aspen firewood began to gradually burn a layer of soot on the walls of the pipes. The stove begins to hum, and large white flakes fly out of the chimney. Cleaning the chimney with aspen helps to burn out the soot completely, but this method is considered dangerous. As mentioned above, almost no pipes can withstand strong heating up to 11,000 degrees, and the temperature reaches exactly this figure.<\/p>\n
The most wonderful and easiest way is considered to be pouring hot water (3 liters) into the chimney from the top side. In the end, all the water should evaporate, and the high-temperature gas should completely destroy the specific smell of soot. This option is usually used if the pipe is completely overlapped. After firing the stove, you will be able to observe how the soot, in a compressed and caked form, begins to fly out of the chimney in a thick cloud. To prevent the oven from rusting after all these actions, carefully heat it up.<\/p>\n
It is good to heat the stove and throw potato peelings into it. Potato peelings should be pre-dried until crisp.<\/p>\n
Burned cleanings begin to release starch, which breaks down the soot. The soot falls into the chimney for several days.<\/p>\n