wood burning

Does anyone know much about these? I’ve read they are pretty good and pretty tough and put out a lot of heat. My house came with one , older home, it’s built into the fire place. I have yet to take the outer pieces off to check around for anything messed up. I had a chimney sweep out to just...

Should I burn my powdered creosote? It's that time of year again here in New York State. I did my flue clean routine today . . . working from the roof with the poles etc. Inside, I always place a small cardboard box inside the stove centered under the flue. After running the brushes up and...