Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on February 17, 2014 at 13:48:11 from (97.114.109.222):
In Reply to: Chimney Pipe Question... posted by JohnDeereJimOhio on February 16, 2014 at 15:08:31:
Years ago I had a Metalbestos chimney with a similar uninsulated cap. We burned quite a lot of mostly pine in the wood stove, and I was concerned about creasote. So I checked the chimney and found that the underside of the cap had quite a buildup of crud on it. It was hard to get into the chimney, but down inside the pipe, it was perfectly clean--no creasote, not soot, just metal. So I put the cap back on and once in awhile I had a particularly hot fire with the stove draft open. That seemed to clean off the cap pretty well.
After a few years of doing this, apparently the supports for the cap either burned away or corroded away, and in a big wind storm, the cap flew off. The stove seemed to work just fine without the cap, so I never replaced it. I did find the original cap quite a distance from the house a year or two later.
Where I live, we get most of our heavy precipitation during the seasons a wood stove would be in use, so it didn"t seem to make any difference if the chimney was capped or not. But maybe it would be more important to have a cap where you are. An uninsulated metal cap is going to collect some creasote if wood is burned, at least under some conditions.
When I sold the mobile home the chimney was used in, I kept the stove and chimney out of concern for potential liability. I plan to use the chimney when I build my next pole building. Other than the section that was right next to the stove, all the sections of the Metalbestos chimney seemed perfect and reusable. I have no intentions of trying to use the stupid cap though.
If you need to keep the cap, you might also need to pay attention to it and possibly clean it periodically. Or you might try taking it off and seeing how that works for you. Warning: lots of rain and no fire in the stove might result in a wet floor. Also birds and other critters might be able to come down the open chimney. Good luck!
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