I’m guessing here but I think I’ve got creosote in my morso squirrel flue… why you may ask.

Well, last night Lottie was chilly and popped a Tiger Tim log into the stove and burned it. She said it burned very fiercely and then subsided.

This morning at 10am it was still smoking terribly – acrid grey/white smoke – so I doused it with water. What was interesting is that inside the stove looked greasy/waxy! I accused her of burning something else in it as well as the log but she was adamant she hadn’t so I googled the problem and came up with a greasy pipe

I’m guessing it’s the original one that was installed from new – 19 years ago.

Do you also think it’s that? I cleaned up and shoved my flue brush up and down several times and each time, on withdraw flat broken bits of something came out too. I thought it looked metal but I could be wrong.

Time for a new flue?

I’ve also read a website about creosote in a flue over at Master Sweep which kind of confirms my diagnosis.  Do you agree?

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