An EZ way to get rid of CREOSOTE!

Creosote build up is going to happen; it’s like death and taxes. (And nowhere near as bad as either!!) With this helpful tip you can manage creosote build up and help maintain the life of yourself EZ Boiler (or any other boiler)! Please like the video and consider subscribing to the channel! What tips do you have to help get rid of pesky creosote? Share in the comments below! #heatingwithwood #woodboiler #ezboiler
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[@hankfrankly7240]

This takes me back to about 1950 when grandma would stuff the wood stove in the house as full as she could get it with paper and kindling and light it. She must have had the damper wide open because she bundled all of us grandkids up and we'd go outside and watch the flames shoot out the brick chimney. I'm sure there wasn't a liner in it either. Well the house never burned down and it's a memory I've never forgotten.

[@MrShakamuni01]

Sounds like my place but 50 years later. LOL.

[@roostercogburn3771]

I reckon you're now doing that with your Grand-kids.

[@sangredelic]

Thanks for the laugh

[@AshGreen359]

I don't think I'd feel comfortable doing it unless I was on the roof with a hose

[@stanhuhman2839]

after 1960 for me, but a chimney fire back then was a major cause of concern and pretty much all you could do was watch and hope the house didn't burn down.

[@brucebannerman6848]

Don't do this with an inside stove or furnace unless you want to meet your local fire department members,

[@EZBoilerUser]

For sure! I would never endorse doing this in any indoor type of unit. Ever.

[@Tera_Hai]

I can confirm. I've responded to a few structure fires that started as a chimney fire due to people burning cardboard in their wood stoves.

[@faststang85]

Within reason. I've burned small boxes etc mixed with wood and sometimes without during the summer when its too windy and risky to use a burn barrel, I however only put 1 maybe 2 boxes in at a time and once it gets going turn the air down and wait until its almost burned out to add more.

[@TheDuttonExperience]

To late

[@bltonrye6406]

You know zilch this is what we do for our woodstove and yep no firstorm or hurtin anything 🫡

[@w.7194]

Never have had a creosote issue so far after many years of burning and the main secret is buy your cords of wood a year ahead of time so its piled well and dried well....use a temperature gauge on the pipe 18 inches above the stove...let the air tight stove have full air once or twice a day for a period....a lot of people shut down the draft to soon and too often and the wood just smolders away.

[@kindredspiritzz66]

My wood is dried for years, I still get creosote

[@richardcroll9135]

I think what he means is that it is better to have several small chimney fires than one big chimney fire. If you keep up with it that's probably a good idea, but if your chimney is already bad, it's probably not.

[@gerald7924]

Make sure that when you do this, especially at the end of the heating season, you keep your pumps running and keep an eye on the temperature gauge. That cardboard can burn hot and fast enough to damage the insulation on the stove. Keep the water circulating so that it doesn't boil.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Great point! Thanks for watching!

[@bbrad628]

Might be okay for an outdoor wood furnace, but I wouldn’t settle on anything less than brushing creosote out of indoor wood stove pipe/chimney. I brush my stove pipe at least once a year and find anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2” buildup. It’s not hard to remove, but can be a mess.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for watching! I agree! Do not use this method on anything indoors! I’m not even sure I’d recommend it for other outdoor boilers. I operate an EZ Boiler and while I do not do it often, the manufacturer suggested this procedure in helping me clean out creosote when it really built up and clogged the chimney during the fall of the first season I ran it.

[@markgrove2030]

Looks effective; suspect that other brands of outdoor units might not fare as well?? Good video sir.

[@davekana8388]

Cardboard it is, great tip, thanks, Dave!

[@ncplantdoctor]

Many years ago, an old fellow told me that his trick was to pack the chimney with straw and put straw into the burn chamber and cause a once a year chimney fire to clean out creosote. I got to watch it because a neighbor called us and we rolled a pumper to the suspected fire. We just left it when he told us it was intentional. I guess the results are the same.

[@Loveus00]

Love the music too. Thanks for posting.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for watching and commenting and being apart of our budding community!

[@ancu1751]

Great Help! Thank you! Have a shiny day***

[@tclodfelter8789]

I usually try to keep my side walls and exchangers scraped off... but this will definitely help get what I may not be reaching!!

[@EZBoilerUser]

Glad it was helpful!

[@whatscoldoing5627]

Just take care using this method on a slow combustion stove that send the flue through ceilings. If left too long, it can setup a “blast furnace” effect causing the metal chimney to glow white hot and risk a roof fire. It would be good if done regularly on a small scale though.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I never would, nor ever recommend doing this sort of thing on an indoor fireplace or stove. I can’t even recommend it on other styles or units of outdoor wood boiler. It’s something I do as necessary on my personal unit. But, you’re right, only in small doses and not for long periods of time. Thanks for the comment and watching!

[@marilyncourteau8951]

@@EZBoilerUser glad I saw this...was gonna try on my wood stove....thanx..

[@bayside6207]

@@EZBoilerUser How come you don't state that in the title or in the video🤦🤦

[@QUIX4U]

@@EZBoilerUser Ah c'mon, there is simply no better method of cleaning the flue, (of an inside fitted logburner/fire) along with getting the heart pumping as hard out as possible, seeing the swirling flames going UP inside the white hot 6" metal chimney, when I burn it out. I have an 8ft ceiling, through which the flue goes, before another three ft to the sloping steel roof, and another 1.2M of chimney above the roof. Yet I've seen flames four to five feet high, coming out of that. Gest the heart pumping as the "whoof whoof whoof, or the pusle jet furnace takes off, as it's extremely difficult to slow it down, when one cannot close the door on it, as it'll backflash and go BOOM very quickly. Found that out the first time I did it, so now, when the flue changes from a deep red into an early white, the door goes down to 1/2" and I creep it closed as quickly as possible, with all vents wide open, then as the pulsa jet slowly eases off, I close all the draft vents. Watching the flue go from a swirling white, to a bright then dark red, before it reappears black like it usually looks, takes about 1/4 to 1/2 an hour. Got to ONLY do this after winter startes, and the house is absolutely cold (fire completely out for three or four days) is when I do this ONCE, but it's absolutely effective, about once every four years. My 6" stainless steel flue is as good as the day I first started banging the poker against the side of it, to drop clinker down into the top of the firebox'es double burner shelf, such that after 15 years I "bought" a 3.5M long handled chimney sweep brush, yet when I got on top of th wee laddr I put up on the roof, I couldn't see any soot anywhere on the inside of the flue, nor was anything dropped when I brushed it. I tsill hae a nearly new brush set - but maybe somedy I'll get someone else on a ladder up there, to see how it's going (can't do that now, without my lower left leg, as amputated it was about a yr ago. Needless to say, I'm a BKA now.

[@draconusspiritus1037]

If you don't have a ready supply of waste cardboard for whatever reason. You can use most anything that will burn hot and fast. Dried up corn stalks, dried up cattails from around a pond. If you have sassafras growing in a fence row that works very nicely if it's had some time to season. And sassafras is quite easy to split.

[@johnmoyer5515]

Once i put wood old plaster lathe in the fireplace at my mother in laws to get fire started it was about 2am when someone drving by knocked on the door & said there was sparks shooting out the chimney & sure enough , hot ashes falling in flower beds & leaves we did not have a catastrophe but i was pretty worried. Be careful of starting chimney 🔥. Burn it on the high end of temp once a day or every other day for a short time helps keeps it clean.

[@EZBoilerUser]

My boiler’s chimney has fired up like a rocket ship at times but I’m always out by it and usually when it happens it’s because the door is open to it. Thanks for the advice and for watching.

[@damonthomas8955]

Take a shot of whiskey every time he says cardboard, stop as soon as the room starts spinning.

[@EZBoilerUser]

That cracks me up! New boiler drinking game!! 🤣🤣

[@damonthomas8955]

@@EZBoilerUser for added fun, drink boilermakers.

[@curriecountryliving]

Thanx for the tip...love the duct tape on your gloves which I use all the time myself to extend the my glove life. Red-Green would be proud

[@EZBoilerUser]

@currie country living - Thanks! I was actually gifted a pair of new gloves this seasons by a subscriber. However, I do see duct tape going on them in the near future!! Thanks for watching

[@Jeesus_Loves_You]

Well, I'm going to put tape on my gloves and see if that helps. Holes in the glove get no love. Thanks for the tip. I hope it works!

[@biblebasher9364]

Duct tape can ignite faster than cardboard though

[@LionheartedDan]

Thanks for the tips. We run a Central Boiler unit and get creosote buildup especially when our wood isn’t real dry.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Sadly, we all can’t burn dry wood all the time. It’s a get ahead stay ahead game and unfortunately I lose that game more times than not! Thanks for watching!

[@QUIX4U]

@@EZBoilerUser Ah but it's fun, to see the flames coming out of the chimney as high as .. Just with a few waste cardboard boxes, or the remains of them - done by "physically" ripping them apart. Not only is cardboard a great fire starter and high heat burning material, it's also great to hold (vertically) at the front doorway opening, with a tiny crack of daylight underneath, with the outside and top of the doorway opening, held as airtight as possible, to force the incoming air, completely underneath and thus forcing the fiercest part of the fire, underneath any wettter wood that you may have been given, which is usually the most stubbornest to start, yet cardboard held in front as a drafting tool, wow, there just isn't anything like a cardboard started fire, even if just crumpled paper is used under some wet kindling or even small wet branches. Getting the fire stated as quickly and as fiercely as possible, is the quickest way to get it to remain lit. It's also great for cleaning out very tall commercial chimney flues, as most of those are so tall as to have almost no heat (or smoke) comming out, yet the creosote buildup in them can be almost impossible to clean as none can be accessed to "brush-out" in the usual chimney sweep fashion, thereby only a VERY HOT fire, and a rush of heated air, can clean a very sooty commercial chimney (you know, thse tall tower of either stainless steel, or red brick.

[@Alatinu]

Thankyou " cardboard man " :) .Health for you and yours !

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thank you! And thanks for watching!!

[@kittypigeonclueless5566]

excellent video!!!

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@bigoldgrizzly]

Learned my lesson decades ago - do not use wet wood and always keep a strong fire going - not smoldering on low over night. Result of my failure to do this, was a Bunsen burner of a chimney fire which resulted in a creosote smell through the house for a couple of days ..... and the cleanest chimney in the county ! The chimney sweep took one look up the chimney, declared it clean and good so charged only a nominal fee for his [short] time

[@EZBoilerUser]

A good hot coal bed is a must! Thanks for watching.

[@JMM599]

Instead of having to burn up a ton cardboard, I just put the end of my metal scraper in some hot coals for a few seconds to heat it up, and then scrap the glazed creosote right off. It works so well that the creosote just curls up like butter on a stick. I have to admit, it’s pretty satisfying 👍

[@EZBoilerUser]

I typically do the same. I only have really bad creosote build up in the fall and spring. Thanks for watching!

[@stomper2582]

You ever tried that on a 12x12x 15 ft chimney?

[@JMM599]

@stomper2582 I use a chimney sweep for that, and a scraper with an 8-inch blade for the fire box.

[@victoryfirst2878]

Thanks for letting everyone know that the cardboard trick really works. I found this out myself years ago. This works just great. Something else works also. Packing paper works also as well. Just harder to get the amount you need to do a proper job. Peace

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks! For the type of boiler I use (the EZ Boiler) it works well. I do it in the fall and spring as that’s when creosote seems to build Il most! Thanks for watching! Stay safe, stay warm!

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@EZBoilerUser JOB WELL DONE FELLA. Look forward to see more great video too. Have a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year also Sir. Peace too.

[@donvoll2580]

Good day from Ontario. Yes a few yrs. ago we had wood furnace in house , cardboard is also a good fire starter. Yes intense heat will burn. Now we had oil burner on other side that cleaned chimney too. Thanks

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for watching! I normally use newspaper to light my indoor fireplace. Never have used cardboard. Also, I don’t advocate doing what I do with my outdoor boiler inside! Thanks for watching from Ontario!

[@QUIX4U]

@@EZBoilerUser Best way to cause DRAFT in a slow to start firebox, is to crumple up a "large" number of paper sheaves, such as from a local (daily) newspaper, along with some slivers of cardboard as if kindling sticks, then a LOT of cardboard that isn't laid flat (as I saw you do) - as only stacked vertically, will the cardboard burn vigourously for a long time, giving as much upward heat "force" to get the heat as far up a creosote blocked chimney as possible, to start the creosote itself on fire, whereupon, a sheet of cardboard, slightly larger that the firebox doorway, is used to BLOCK the opening (as if the door) with about 1/4" to 1/2" gap at the bottom, which then also allows you to slide it up or down to control the initial burn rate, then when it burns push it in as well, and close the door to within 1/2" of being closed and hold it there, until the fire is absolutley "going batshyte crazy" - whereupon you can then shut the door and use the normal controls to contain the fire, to finally allowing THAT one burn, to extinguish is=tself, then slowly (SLOWLY) open the door again, making sure the gasses within the firebox don't explode in flames, then tickle the embers until it's totally "out", whereupon you can take whatever you fancy, and CLANG the outside tube of a metal chimney, or take a bring suspended on rope, and drop it down the chimney as you "swing/turn it around on it's way down, to bash off the dried out creosote, that which hasn't fully burnt off, to bring it all down into the firebox, where you can either remove it, or most of it, or reburn it again, on a fire restart. Creosote that has been burnt, will still burn again, in the firebox, wihout causing the flue to immediately build up. Also, on a REGULAR basis (mostly weekly or fortnightly), do this again, run a HARD BURN at the start of a fire, leaving the door cracked open, to burn off any creosote that has "started" to form, thereby ensuring that your yearly (annual) chimney "cleanings" will possibly become bi-annual or even longer. My indoor logburner firebox is seldom "started slow" but rather HARD & FAST started, at the fastest hardest high-heat possible, by putting draft walls, in front of the opened doorway making absolutely certain I block as much of the upper and sides as possiible, only letting the fire breath through an ever inscreaing gap, before closiing the door completely on the box. By doing this each and every time I "start/restart" my fire, my chimney has lasted well over 20 years (it's rated lifespan is merely 15), and has next to no creosote buildup, and will most likely last me another 20 years, after which at 90+ - I won't give a daMn on how long it will be before needing to be replaced. I'll be in some wee paddock, pushing up daisies. (a byproduct of feeding the worms)

[@robertjackson1407]

Thank you 😊

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thank you for watching

[@GainsMarathon]

I do this in my firepit and it helps remove the soot from the bricks. It's fun to watch.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I have a metal fire ring for my fire pit and have never tried it! Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm!

[@peterwill3699]

Be careful with quick burns,sometimes you will stress the seams and weldments with excess heat.Good way to start a leak in your boiler.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Good advice here. Thanks.

[@jewelhome1]

Very dry wood and air injection into the hot gasses before they go up the chimney. In over 20 years of constant use we never had creosote, only a bit of fly ash.

[@stanleylosh1899]

I think the best tip I got from this video was to not throw away gloves with holes in the fingers. Use duct tape.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for this comment! It cracked me up! I just got a new pair of gloves from a friend and subscriber who was watching our videos and said, “time for new gloves bud!” I’m sure in a year or two they will be duct taped as well! Lol

[@ZeeFrankensteel]

@@EZBoilerUser As an avid glove wearer , I buy new ones but still have a few pairs of old ones using duct tape too. In short: duct taped gloves are perfect in hot dry weather as it is supple. THey are awful in the wet,,,no grip, and worse in winter...stiff as hell! Cool vid though.

[@jimgrimes7409]

We used to do that all the time

[@mpschaefer1]

We all get a few hairs burned from time to time, opening that door at the wrong time / too far.🤪 like the cardboard idea, will use it.

[@EZBoilerUser]

My daughter can relate to this! She burned her eyelashes she just had done one time. Whoops!

[@shawnburnett22]

just burn hot , people try to make a couple logs last all night ,so they choke it down , also run stove pipe inside , or in a insulated chase , so it wont cold stack and condensate .THANKS FOR THE VID

[@EZBoilerUser]

I had to use the cardboard to burn off the creosote in my early days because I mismanaged and micromanaged the boilers usage. I also used a lot of wet pine and just failed in a few ways. I barely use cardboard now for this and try and just keep it well fed, burning hot like you said, and maintained. I’ve learned it’s ups and downs and it’s mostly dry now and smooth sailing *knock on wood*. Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm!

[@davidsmith1913]

Don't burn green wood

[@alanbeaulier5783]

I see you Red Green your gloves like I do made me laugh. :-)

[@EZBoilerUser]

Yeah, it was hard to finally put them to rest! Lol. Thanks for watching!

[@joedunleavy7066]

I was thinking the same thing

[@markkaminski2416]

Use them til the tape won't hold any more tape 😊

[@georgeschnackenberg1548]

Thank you

[@EZBoilerUser]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@buildlife]

This was timely, I was just going out to burn my cardboard. Not for any other reason than to get rid of it. Ill have to look how good a job it does cleaning it!

[@EZBoilerUser]

I throw some in here and there, just to get it out of the way, but mostly, I save it and use it for this or for when I need to quickly bring the water temp up.

[@peterwill3699]

I compost it

[@sircampbell1249]

Just hot fire 🔥

[@EZBoilerUser]

As opposed to cold lol. JK. Thanks for watching.

[@rjaquaponics9266]

Content is king, but YT totally sucks with their shadow banning

[@forestranger312]

I find way to get rid of creosote is to paint it onto my wooden fence it works wonders, stops it rotting and gives it a nice colour. Bonus you get that lovely smell for ages too.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Lovely smell 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelpatrickmilligan]

Thank you for this fsntastic tip! Most videos are by chimney cleaning businesses that want to do it for you, so talk about everything except how to get rid of it.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Glad it was helpful, however, I would not recommend doing this in an indoor unit or an indoor chimney!

[@mike62mcmanus]

I just sweep the chiminy 3 times a winter because I run the stove low, when it gets to coals I open the vent wide to make it all burn...

[@kfelix2934]

If your getting cresote build up, your wood is still green. Evey year I buyu good oak that is cured. I do run some hackberry and smaller mesquite pieces thru one season and I have one of those chimmeny sweep brush that I brush the 1st 10ft of my fireplace. A simple trick for any home owners, buy a plastic tub of the cresote powder and throw in potatoes skins. yes these will help eliminate the cresote in you stack.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Green wood was the culprit and filling it with too much wood. It was (and is) a learning process. Thanks for watching. You’re not the first person to suggest potatoe skins. I’ll have to look into it. The good news is I rarely have any creosote build up that I have to worry about.

[@biblebasher9364]

For all the people going back and forth about burning cardboard for your inside stoves, for the sake of safety, its not recommended, but if a person is fully aware of the status of their stoves and type of stoves they have, they may be able to safely burn only cardboard to clear creosote. Obviously the way to burn your house down with a chimney fire is to get the chimney so hot, that whatever is touching it or near enough to it to absorb the heat, especially the straight-line infrared heat that can cause combustion in material up to 3 ft away, that it burns your house down from inside the walls and ceiling. So i imagine people with stone or brick fireplaces would have a much harder time burning their house down since its much harder to get them red hot on the outer most edges. Metal chimneys not used as inserts inside brick chimneys, basically a metal pipe going through the ceiling only protected by a thin 1or2 inch insulation can get hot enough to burn your house down depending on your fuel and length of time that fuel is burning too hot or, by the stadard means...creosote chimney fire. The creoste buildup from not doing proper cleaning maintenance can combust even with approved fuel. Which is the real reason chimney fires are so infamous and talked about. Its not always because someone is stupid. Most of the time its because of innocent ignorance or inability to clean a chimney. Cardboard burns so unbelievably hot and fast, that if you could calculate the amount right, you could do this, but not to the scale this fella does his haha There is a similar method using that sandy stuff you buy at the local hardware store that will combust and dry and crack your creosote out like the cardboard trick does. It just uses heat and chemicals rather than the other way.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for sharing this information. I made this video two years ago to share a legitimate way the makers of the EZ Boiler shared with me to quickly heat up the boiler and remove extreme creosote buildup. This video was NEVER intended to be advice for indoor wood stoves or fireplaces! In fact, I never dreamed it would get the attention it has gotten!! I’ve made videos explaining the difference between indoor and outdoor fires etc but they do not get as much attention as this video. KZbin likes sharing it and I’m fine with that, but take it with a grain of salt lol. Thanks again. I appreciate what you wrote!

[@biblebasher9364]

@EZBoilerUser you did include the disclaimer that you do not recommend this for anything Inside. If I was to judge your presentation....I'd say you get an A. It would be an A+ if you would have repeated your warning that this is not for anything except outside. Like...put more emphasis on the warning. It is there, but some dense like me would miss it on a special day and boom....I'm choking off another jet engine sounding chimney fire haha I Love playing with fire. My disclaimer is that I'm not a professional or have any right to judge anyone's presentation and am open for correction on anything I may have misstated haha What all can a person use a boiler for? Heat, water, electricity??

[@kellyh4035]

Very dry, pine, construction framing from a demolition or renovation from an older house, chopped up work great too.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I bet! Great resource to have! Thanks for watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@mainerdiy8399]

It's funny how the boiler door swing directions keeps changing. Lol keep er' burnin

[@EZBoilerUser]

"Always keep em guessing!" lol Yeah, I am moving my camera around and trying to shoot longer takes with various angles rather than stopping and starting again. I might have to pay more attention while filming, though! haha

[@mainerdiy8399]

It doesn't bother me any. I figured it was a selfie camera doing the mirror thing that they do. Great content regardless.

[@Jeff-sl8xz]

I have a indoor wood stove and it's my only source of heat I'm in northern Minnesota and I clean out the creosote from my chimney and I keep it in five gallon buckets and I reburn it works just fine and I burn every kind of wood from ash to tamarack and everything else in between dry,green punky or seasoned well

[@EZBoilerUser]

I’ve wondered about using it to reheat. That’s interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@Jeff-sl8xz]

@@EZBoilerUser in the summertime when I'm not burning wood I throw all of my junk mail and Old newspapers and everything else that's paper and cardboard and pack that All in my stove and then on rainy damp days I light it up and burn it gets rid of the paper and junk mail and takes the chill out the house at the same time works great when you don't want a wood fire burning

[@ni_wink84]

Just had a chimney installed with a self cleaner, it uses forced air propane/NG to blow heat up the liner and clean out anything left behind, still needs a sweep once a year but the liner comes out spotless with a quick brush

[@EZBoilerUser]

That sounds incredible. I rarely have any issues or clogging of the boiler’s chimney and clean it once a year when I shut it down. Sometimes I have a little creosote chimney fire but that’s only if I let it happen and I control it w the door open. Thanks for watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@ni_wink84]

@@EZBoilerUser it’s for Indoor use, your cardboard trick seems to work just as well as the cleaner honestly

[@Glock2201]

I have heard from multiple sources when I first got my boiler 15+ years ago that the glue in cardboard can actually cause the boilers to rust out prematurely but you do whatever you want. I choose not to burn cardboard or plywood in my boiler. I know people that do and have had leaks fixed multiple times and I have yet to have a problem.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I’ve never heard this. I based my actions on the advice of the EZ Boiler manufacturer. But, I will take your comment under advisement and maybe even share it with them! Thanks for sharing and watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@recentlyretired]

Use a torch on a 20 lb propane tank, you can pu torch right into pipe

[@kevinkirgis1174]

You can also throw in aluminum can every morning or at night will take care of cresote

[@EZBoilerUser]

You aren’t to the first person to bring this up! I’ve got it written down as a future video to try! Thanks for watching!

[@charlierose8164]

Aluminum cans are the best I've seen for removing creosote

[@dann8902]

Ya but now the nano particles of aluminum in the ashes are poison breathed in

[@cedarhatt-vx8kf]

Yep we burnt wood for 40 yrs and would do a ‘ hot burn’ once a week and throw aluminum cans in regularly, would brush it out periodically but the only thing creosoted was the spark arrestor.

[@spuriouseffect]

I burn out my chimney once a week. All it takes is one hot fire for a couple hours, and I've never had to clean my chimney. My neighbors have a fit when they see the flames out the top though.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I’m assuming you do this on you outdoor unit? I’d never recommend doing this indoors! Stay safe my friend!

[@spuriouseffect]

@@EZBoilerUser Nope, indoor. I have heavy wall solid pipe from my stove through the wall. and stainless double wall held away from the house on the outside. No problems in more than 20 years, and never a brush through it. Clean as a whistle.

[@KaiPonte]

Good video. Was that snow falling? How are you outside? Isn't it freezing?

[@EZBoilerUser]

It was snow and it wasn’t too cold that day. Winter lasts about 6 months up here and much colder days came! Thanks for watching.

[@Jurica-mtb]

Hi, I need advice. Afte the flood a neighobur decided to ditch the wooden floor so I picked it up. Most of the tiles are covered with black tar from floor side. I was thinking to use it as a fire wood but I am affraid my chimney would set on fire. Is there any cheap way to remove tar from wooden tiles so they could be used as fire wood for stoves?

[@EZBoilerUser]

I would not recommend using that wood in your wood stove. That wood is more than likely treated and would cause issues for your chimney and stove. I am not sure how you’d remove the tar but it’s best to keep it out of your stove. Thanks for watching.

[@brenbates1677]

If you try this in a fireplace or a woodstove in your home , you will burn your house down. This guy really needed to specify this. Hope he doesn't get sued.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I would never recommend doing this indoors and plan to make a video to clarify this. This is an outdoor wood boiler channel and ultimately a channel specified towards wood boiler users, although some of the things work for most outdoor wood boilers. The key is that they are outdoors. I will make a clarification video soon! Thanks for watching and commenting your concerns. I hope and pray people use common sense and caution in following any advice they find on my channel or any KZbin channel.

[@Allworldsk1]

Absolutely get the fire going quick and hot. As long as it's snowing shit piled up in there bro

[@EZBoilerUser]

Exactly! Fire it up. No need to mess around when it’s cold as it is up here! Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm.

[@bennydonajkowski9610]

There’s a ring welded to that slide plate now instead of that tab that always broke off? Mines a 7 year old ridgewood can’t really allow the flames to come out the door my temp gauge is digital and located above the door.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Yeah, I think not having the digital gauge is a blessing sometimes.

[@960wattoffgridrv]

I find that cardboard creates too much ashes to clean out. I switch to oak to burn the creosote out of my wood stove. It gets really hot and it burns long enough to reduce the amount of ashes left from previous fires

[@EZBoilerUser]

You aren’t wrong about the ash build up! It’s a quick solution to the problem, for me, but not something, thankfully I have to do often! Usually more when I’m burning greener wood. Thanks for watching!

[@stannelson2582]

Future video? A brush down the chimney lol.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Almost dropped my camera down the chimney getting some overview shots once! Thanks for watching! I will be making a clean out video this spring!! Spring…seems so far away here…

[@BourneAccident]

Might be good for outdoor furnace, but with a brick/lined chimney or stainless chimney stack... it's a no no.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Absolutely. In fact I’ve spoken to this many times in other views. This channel is for outdoor wood boilers, specifically the EZ Boiler brand. It doesn’t apply to indoor stoves, etc. Thanks for watching.

[@tazwowe]

I would subscribe if I had an outdoor boiler. I should get one since I already have the water heat system ...and an electric boiler, which I don't use because of my first $600 bill (one person 1400 sq ft)

[@EZBoilerUser]

Ouch. That bill is high (unless I’m mistaken). You’re more than welcome to subscribe even tho you’re not an outdoor wood boiler user…yet 😉 Thanks for watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@Phiyedough]

Coming from UK but living in Croatia I had to look up "What is an EZ boiler?". I now know what it is but not why it exists! Does it mean you have to keep going outside in the snow, rain etc to put logs in this thing to keep your house warm?

[@EZBoilerUser]

@Phiyedough thanks for watching! I will be making a video soon explaining what it is and how it works! But, yes, it is a firebox outside that has an insulated sleeve of water around it. The fire heats the water and is pumped into the house and then through a heat exchanger on your furnace to heat the house and hot water and whatever else you have it connected to. The cooler water is then circulated back to the boiler where it is then reheated and sent back whenever there is a call for heat. This means that you have to go outside (usually twice/day) to fill it with wood and maintain the fire. Feel free to check out our other videos and subscribe if you like the channel! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@dann8902]

Nice one works good.. a load of dry tamarak always works for me

[@EZBoilerUser]

Never burned it before. Thanks for watching!

[@frank9649]

Hand full of mothballs twice a winter....that's it ! My parents and grandparents have been doing this for a very long time.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Does he do it in an outdoor wood boiler or his indoor wood stove?

[@davidreynolds4684]

Wish id seen this a week ago. My neighbors fireplace just caught on fire for the second time i know of. The fire dept does more damage than the fire does.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Creosote fires are a terribly destructive thing. While my advice is based on my personal experience, I can’t say it’s recommended for everyone in every situation. Nor can I say in the long run burning cardboard like this often is good for the machine. However, for me (personally) it sure does help to get the creosote off the inside walls of the unit. I have never burned cardboard like that in my fireplace inside my house, no would I ever!!

[@davidreynolds4684]

@@EZBoilerUser ive never had an issue with it. I used to burn gires that were way to big for my hearth which was massive. But i was picky about what wood i used. That may have helped. My last house was 125 years old 2' thick rock walls and a massive fure place. All rock. I would throw logs in it that should have been split 6 times. I did install a screen on the top nd have seen whisps of flame popping up time to time but it pulled perfectly. On the side of a cliff over a lake and when high wind would rush in from an open door it would pull the flames up. Nothin like sittin on your roof cooking hot dogs over your out of control fire place.

[@joszoet4003]

Never put your big fire down....Make a small bright fire with dry wood..

[@EZBoilerUser]

Well said, thanks for watching!

[@tjsmith3060]

Dry skid wood is the best I've found. It makes much less ash than cardboard.

[@EZBoilerUser]

The ash is an issue! Thanks for the feedback and watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@mdk2066]

You can use a tablespoon of TSP (not tsp substitute) on hot coals once a week through the heating season. Any build up just crumbles off. Been doing it for years.

[@grantfryer407]

wot is tsp?

[@mdk2066]

trisodium phosphate, have it at lowes. It's a heavy duty cleaning powder.@@grantfryer407

[@geraldtanis9322]

Tri Sodium Phosphate-@@grantfryer407

[@EZBoilerUser]

For an outdoor boiler? I have used this stuff in my fireplace. Hmm. I shall have to check that out. Thanks!

[@parkerprutzman4201]

Duck tape on the gloves! I thought I was the only one who did that

[@EZBoilerUser]

Sadly those were my old gloves! Was gifted a new pair last winter and now they have duct tape on them, too! Thanks for watching!

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

I saw a dog who needs some EZ Leg Extensions!.....😊

[@kennethverkest6717]

Do not do this if you got a indoor wood burner cardboard gets hot too fast and then your chimney will cool down quick

[@EZBoilerUser]

Yes. I would not not ever have recommended this be tried on an indoor burner!

[@petermandel2552]

Add a temporary angled lip above the door to protect your paint.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for suggesting this!

[@mariusadam4429]

for your boiler fine for a wood stove in a house? no f ing way dude!!!

[@EZBoilerUser]

Absolutely. No way would I do or recommend this for anything but my ez boiler.

[@pauljayson7779]

Ever hear of throwing old double aa batteries or old c or d batteries into fire to help. An old timer told me this.

[@EZBoilerUser]

I have never heard this. I’ll add it to my list of things to try and make a video on! Stay tuned and thanks for watching and checking out the channel!

[@user-xv7sv3uy8j]

How do you clean creosote off of a side of off of a log cabin

[@EZBoilerUser]

Very carefully and certainly not with the advice of my video lol. Good luck.

[@inhocsigno9151]

I like to pull the sealing tape and whatever off before burning. I always burn the first fire of the day hot in the wood stove. Some cardboard does not seem burn well, like it is treated with fire retardant or something.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Yeah, some cardboad (and newspaper ads, etc) do not burn as well as others. Thanks for watching and adding to the conversation!

[@rcnelson]

I still have to ask: does carboard burn hot enough to make a serious difference?

[@EZBoilerUser]

It does when you need a quick heat boost. It burns very hot and very fast. Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm!

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

Would this work for a long high chimney indoors?

[@EZBoilerUser]

I can NOT recommend this for that. This is something I do to burn creosote out of an EZ Boiler outdoor wood boiler. I have a fireplace inside that I use occasionally and I have NEVER ever done this. I would never risk the chimney fire or safety of my family like that.

[@paparomesoutdoors711]

@@EZBoilerUser I don’t blame you, I burn everyday just bought this home and saw online one of those drill sets to push out the creosol. My grandfather in Maine used to use the window weights in a burlap sack and send it down worked well also. Thanks again be safe

[@johnfortwengler4496]

Is this recommended for in house woodstoves

[@EZBoilerUser]

No. I would not. This is something that can be done in outdoor woodstoves (some, not all) and even then it needs to be done sparingly.

[@collincolston8443]

Don't do this in your fireplace or wood stove inside your house!

[@EZBoilerUser]

Agreed. I’d never, ever, recommend this for fireplace or wood stove!!

[@bear9923]

A video on how to burn a cardboard box. now, truely, I have seen it all. OMG

[@EZBoilerUser]

I like to think it’s more than that, but that’s not a bad summation 🤣🤣 thanks for watching.

[@blackpine6693]

Throw aluminum cans in once in a while…..the manganese in the aluminum cans combines with the creosote and it will flak off

[@EZBoilerUser]

Several people have mentioned this and I’ve been meaning to try it. Thanks for watching

[@happycamper2976]

you could bun tires in your boiler thay get hot as hell

[@rwarren4637]

What works best for INDOOR Wood stoves?

[@EZBoilerUser]

I wish I knew! I’ve cleaned my chimney and firebox and I’ve never lit cardboard or anything like what I do in my outdoor wood boiler. Thanks for watching, sorry I’m of little help!

[@elijahsmommy08]

I just mix my cordwood with heat treated pallet wood. Burns nice and hot always . Never have to clean out creosote.

[@invisibilianone6288]

@@elijahsmommy08 I was waiting, looking, for this comment, about kiln dried wood, many shipping pallets are made of. Generally hardwood, as well. Burns hot, and clean🎯🔥😎☕

[@jerry-cw9yw]

get a hot fire going and for that size burn box throw in about 6-8 aluminum cans once a week.

[@EZBoilerUser]

You’re not the first to recommend the aluminum can trick. I am going to research it and make a video about it soon! Thanks for watching.

[@YouTubeUniversity-ko8ug]

Use beach wood, it will clean everything 😁

[@EZBoilerUser]

I had about 4 full cord of beach wood. I used it in my fireplace. Hottest wood I’ve ever burned.

[@dallaspilotcar9293]

in a fireplace also where the chimney goes up 18 ft?

[@EZBoilerUser]

Please don’t use this in an indoor fireplace or stove. This was meant for an outdoor boiler, particularly the EZ Boiler

[@livingthedash6727]

Best way to clean a chimney is to tie a chickens legs together with a rope and lower it down the chimney. It'll flap all around and clean it. Don't have a fire going of course. Or you can use potato peels. Advice from my 88 year old grandfather.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Safe advice. Thanks for watching! Stay safe and stay warm!

[@MrRedPelt]

You ever heard of using tsp? (sodium-phosphate tribasic)

[@EZBoilerUser]

No. Never have heard of it. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm!

[@billglenn10]

Hey!!! there's a Dachshund at 0:54

[@EZBoilerUser]

Yes it is! That’s Max! He’s a helpful wood hound lol

[@jerrycybulsky6756]

Sounds good,going to try that today.

[@Yeakerr]

Why worry about creosote in a outside boiler?

[@EZBoilerUser]

Because creosote is an insulating corrosive that can ruin your boiler if left untouched for a long period of time. Cleaner boilers make for more efficient boilers. Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm!

[@scottrussell6717]

Very easy... BURN VERY WELL SEASONED WOOD

[@EZBoilerUser]

Agreed. Unfortunately it wasn’t in the cards for me this season. Thanks for watching!

[@kenberscheit948]

try burning "seasoned"wood and that issue is almost non existant!!

[@EZBoilerUser]

I agree! Nothing I’d rather do, and that’s my goal, always, however sometimes seasoned wood isn’t an option. Thanks for watching!

[@zakksrage]

no the biggest issue these stoves close the damper when water reaches 165 so the fire is constantly just smoldering. all you have to do is fill full of wood an leave the door crack an let it rip once a month

[@ursulaszyszka1328]

How can I clean fireplace inside the house?

[@EZBoilerUser]

Best advice I can give is to hire a chimney sweeper. I personally sweep my own chimney and scrape my fireplace inside annually but i only use it on occasion and not as a heat source. Good luck. Stay safe and stay warm!

[@silversurfer100]

Wood stove home heat users- Never, ever do this, ever!!! a flue fire raging through your attic will be the result if you do. Hire a chimney sweep. Extinguishing a flue fire before it starts burning down your home is extremely difficult. By the time a fire department arrives it's already too late to avoid fire damage or home destruction.

[@mustafababdullah2485]

Hand full of salt in a hot fire makes the build up fall to the bottom of the chimney

[@rockyourbodywithbignastyho7315]

Just table salt ?can I use my ice melting salt?

[@mustafababdullah2485]

@@rockyourbodywithbignastyho7315 salt is salt just table salt was ground small and iodine added. The fine salt burns easier but you can buy rock salt or kosher salt it is all sodium chloride. Add it after the fire is really hot. Most all chimney fires come from the roof catching fire from not having a fine screen cap. The hot ambers from the on fire flue lands on the roof catching it on fire. The sure thing is to go to harber frieght and buy a cheap chimney cleaning kit clean the chimney twice a year and you'll never ever get a chimney fire unless you burn pine. Many North states don't have but pine/fur trees to burn as firewood.

[@happycamper2976]

i think if you made a roing fire and than threw in couple car tires it will probably burn off the cresote and it will smoke and burn like hell

[@EZBoilerUser]

@happy camper I’ve read on some forums and in comments on this video and others about burning tires. I’d be more inclined to try it if I didn’t have neighbors lol. Thanks for watching!

[@benholler1389]

That's called a chimney fire not chimney cleaning. And that class a pipe won't last long at all doing that often

[@EZBoilerUser]

Thanks for watching and for the heads up!

[@DeanaESayles]

Well this work in a fireplace?

[@EZBoilerUser]

Please do not try this in a fireplace!! I do not endorse or recommend it!!

[@martinbyrne6643]

Throw in potatoes skins in on a hot fire to clean it off

[@EZBoilerUser]

I’m assuming I’d need a lot of skins for a big boiler! I might try this in my indoor fireplace tho!

[@stevecarlson6462]

This is exactly the way I recycle cardboard.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Great minds…

[@animallover19581]

Cannot see this working, only thing I can see it doing is causing a chimney fire. I find Aluminium drink cans work a treat at clearing creosote in chimneys. Aluminium Okide from the cans does the trick. This is just my opinion.

[@EZBoilerUser]

It works on my short stack chimney for my OUTDOOR wood boiler. In fact, EZ Boiler recommends using this method. HOWEVER, I would NEVER try this in my wood stove or fireplace. Thanks for watching!

[@douglasvick414]

Ive seen a stove like yours burn a hole in furnace with door open. Never leave door open on outside furnace. $10,000 mistake. Of course it was wood, door was accidently left open.

[@EZBoilerUser]

Yeah, I only crack it open while I’m out in the yard and keep a close eye on it. While I’m not worried about the damage to the boiler, I’m more concerned about my wood storage or the trees catching fire nearby! Thanks for watching. Stay safe and stay warm!