bowman316
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Re: Neighbor's house caught fire.
you really get the most creosote build up when you smoulder a fire all day long.
the way our furnace works is it heats a radiator full of water in the back of the fire box (which circulates around the house). Then when that water gets up to 140 degrees or so, The furnace will close off the air supply to the fire, which will make the fire slow down and smoulder.
Basically there is a door on the bottom of the furnace, and a chain attached to it. The other end of the chain is attached to a mechanical arm that senses how hot the water in the radatior is, and the hotter that water gets, the lower that arm gets.
So this kind of burning will build up a lot more creosote than a normal fireplace, or wood stove.
you really get the most creosote build up when you smoulder a fire all day long.
the way our furnace works is it heats a radiator full of water in the back of the fire box (which circulates around the house). Then when that water gets up to 140 degrees or so, The furnace will close off the air supply to the fire, which will make the fire slow down and smoulder.
Basically there is a door on the bottom of the furnace, and a chain attached to it. The other end of the chain is attached to a mechanical arm that senses how hot the water in the radatior is, and the hotter that water gets, the lower that arm gets.
So this kind of burning will build up a lot more creosote than a normal fireplace, or wood stove.
