Stoke Golding
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We had heavy rain early this morning that woke me up, but by the time we
were about in had blown through. The worst we had was very cold drizzle
with qui...
13 hours ago
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Curious red ash on the plate below the flue of the Morsø Squirrel
When I swept the flue of Jubilee's stove at the end of summer I cleared a lot of red ash from the angled plate which sits below the flue, above the firebox. Unfortunately I neglected to take a photo. Is this the remnants of a "flue cleaning" chemical?
We'll be back at the boat soon, visiting Ally and Ben, and doing more jobs. And replenishing their wood pile!
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5 comments:
Rust?
Yeah, I always find some there, and assume it's rust. The other possibility is brick dust from the solid fuel, but that seems less likely.
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Bruce
Rust! Why hadn't I thought of that? I suppose it's from the flue itself, gradually thinning from the inside out...
I recall a blogger's chimney getting so thin it pinholed eventually, not suggesting this would be case on your boat John, When we do not have a fire in we cap off the chimney as we get rain in, which would not help the rusting.
I have heard of this plate being removalble, seems stuck solid on mine - is there a knack?
Nev
I was able to slide it such that the debris fell into the grate. It's call the baffle plate. (How to move it is obviously baffling you!)
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