Cleaning Wood Stove Chimneys
Important: • Read all safety precautions & operating instructions before starting. • Be sure entire stove & chimney are completely cooled down. • Do Not attempt to clean any chimney if there is a down draft. (air blowing back into the home) • Wear proper eye protection and respirator as well as protective clothing. • Exercise proper ladder safety & operating techniques. • If the stove cannot be accessed for cleaning and removal of loosened soot, take precautions to prevent soot from falling into areas within the stove that may not be accessible while you’re rotary cleaning the chimney. • Only use a shop vacuum with a fine dust filter (used for sheetrock dust) and a HEPA filter installed when working inside your home to control dust!! • You may also leave the vacuum outside and run the vacuum hose to the inside. Getting Started: 1. Lay drop cloth on floor to protect work area in front of fireplace opening. 2. Initial Inspection: Open damper or completely remove and look into chimney with a flashlight. Determine type of soot build-up in chimney and configuration of smoke chamber and flue. Important Note: If black shinny glazing is present, it will be necessary to have the chimney inspected and possibly cleaned by a professional chimney sweep. 3. Once you have chosen a cleaning method from the following pages and have taken all precautions to control the dust while cleaning, trim the “Chimney Whip” to the proper size to fit the inside dimension of your chimney. (See “Trim Guide” on page 1) 4. Attach the “Chimney Whip” to one rod and then feed the whip into the chimney flue.
5. Insert the “Drill Adapter” into the drill and begin spinning the whip upward into the chimney flue one rod at a time with a back and forth motion.
Spin whip in both directions to clean square & rectangular flues
Square & Rectangular Flues: 6. If chimney flue is square or rectangular, spin whip in one direction the whole length of one rod, then reverse direction of drill and spin whip in opposite direction while working the rod in and out to clean opposite corners of the flue. Repeat this method for each rod added until you reach the top of chimney flue.
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