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the necessity of using a flue brush of the proper size for the chimney. He also noted the importance of cleaning the fire shelf as well as the chimney walls.
“For a wood stove with a stove pipe entering the chimney flue through an opening, it becomes a little more difficult,” Vierling said. “You need to purchase special rods and brushes. Then you have to remove the pipe, close the flue hole and brush from the top of the chimney.”
Inserts—stoves that have been installed in fireplaces—must be removed completely and the chimney then cleaned the same as with a standard fireplace, he said.
Oldtime Method
Oldtimers used to burn out the chimney, setting a deliberate chimney fire at the end of the heating season to burn off any accumulated creosote. This method of cleaning chimneys is neither safe nor practical, according to Vierling. He noted that today’s new air-tight wood stoves create substantially more creosote than earlier models. “Pips, they used to build great huge chimneys four or five bricks thick. Nowadays, most chimneys have a flue
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