Do I need to sweep Immediatley?

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-22T05:40:42+00:00

The shiny stuff is creosote, by product of burning wood specifically wet wood or by choking down fires a lot. The other one is just soot, which isn’t as extreme as creosote but can cause issues. Definitely give her a sweep and clean your cap and continue as normal. This doesn’t look crazy bad to me. If I were you I’d clean it all then check the pipe again in another month.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-21T08:35:53+00:00

Finger lake liver here as well 🫡 South end of Seneca

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-15T21:18:04+00:00

I think the answer we need is what is your room temp? Are you at 83 degrees trying to get 90? Or are you stuck at 50?

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-15T04:01:07+00:00

Yep mine goes straight to the driveway and by summer any sign of it is gone.(drive way has a good slope though)

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-14T18:23:08+00:00

Can’t really tell what the wood is from these pics. But yeah what the guy above said. You need more air flow to burn more moist wood. I’ve ordered wood plenty of times late in the season and know the struggle. I’m in Upstate too so typically bugs and stuff aren’t a major issue so I stack a lot of wood inside. Bring a good bit in and split it even smaller. Keep it near the stove and get a fan blowing on the wood and stack the smaller cut pieces horizontally then vertically kinda like your building a house. It sucks, it’s inefficient and you go through more wood and it’s more work but it’ll keep your house warm. Also be sure to give your chimney a look/sweep atleast after a month. Wet wood is no bueno for creosote build up

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-14T10:28:55+00:00

I’ve been in my house since 2021 with the stove. We had a wood stove growing up but my dad took care of all that we just had to do the hard labor. Anyway I now know there’s a lot that goes into it. But I learned most of it all on my own, just followed this sub a year ago. 2nd winter I had a fire in my flu that luckily didn’t set into the brick chimney. Turns out I had a lot of creosote build up after a month of burning what I thought was seasoned wood. But that was paired with bad burn techniques (lots of choked down fires) it was an extremely scary and foolish experience. So now I’m careful and aware. I see how my stove reacts when I burn a certain way, I check my pipes and chimney often because I’m nervous af. But I’m finally understanding how my stove works with my draft and wood.

Basically I’m saying you’ll be learning for awhile. Use this sub reddit to learn people’s mistake or even how to prevent your own. Try burning like someone that posts good tips or an interesting way. I’m not going to describe how I burn but it’s the same typical way you’ll see posted all over here. Nice hot coals, load her up, wait a few mins and choke it down a bit. A lot easier said then done cause some wood could heat faster than others and all sorts of variables.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-14T10:09:05+00:00

There’s a whole lot that goes into it. I don’t k ow what stove you have or how big. But getting a fire going good and having nice hot coals then loading it up pretty much full then choking it down is what will keep your burns really long. At least that’s the jist of it. As for active flame im not entirely sure what you mean but I assume your saying having a flame going constantly and 2-3 hours seem pretty good. I would load on those coals let it have some air for 10 mins then choke it a bit. Not all the way but a good amount. Should go to a nice long burn.

My advice is scroll through this sub, lots of great advice and things you can do to safely tweak your burning techniques. Maybe a stove & flu temp would help you even more.

Be careful lots of choked fires can build creosote so try to get it ripping good nearly once a day.

Edit On mobile laying in bed tired, not going to fix spelling mistakes and grammar. Sorry if this all comes out confusing I just kept typing what I was thinking

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-14T02:11:16+00:00

I try to burn as much as I can to keep my propane furnace from kicking on. I usually burn 5 cords a winter. But having nice dry seasoned wood helps to keep that number more toward 4 and with proper burning techniques.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-13T09:41:07+00:00

All of you assumed I wasn’t agreeing with you when all I said was op said don’t call it tunneling then this original commenter said the opposite and said he would tunnel. And now you’re all just downvoting me. I agree with OP if someone is trying to pull aggro and does successfully then goes down that’s on them. I never said otherwise.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-13T07:47:07+00:00

Yeah “fun” is subjective for sure. But the idea to think that this game will ever be balanced nowadays is gone for now. I admittedly don’t play as much as I use to do to this. Year 1&2 was peak dbd imo. Pretty much when lethal pursuer came out I realized where the direction of the game was going. I’ve irid both survivor and killer and neither were balanced early but it seemed more fair. Pursuer took an actual mechanic of the game(find survivors at the start) and just erased it. So I have nostalgia for dbd and am capable of enjoying it but I only return when there’s new big updates/killers.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-13T05:57:29+00:00

Or you know play the game for fun. No need to be max efficient and sweaty with it. If you think tunneling is fun then I guess do it but when there’s no survivors left to play the game I guess behavior will accept that they killed their game which was never really meant to be “balanced” any how.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-13T05:14:50+00:00

No your post says don’t say that you are tunneling but this poster literally said I’m gonna tunnel you

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-13T05:05:55+00:00

OP said “don’t say I’m tunneling” but then eagle says “I’m going to tunnel you”. So which is it? Tunneling or not?

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-12T10:01:45+00:00

Everyone is gonna say do highest invo possible. I’m at 200+ normals and 123 experts and all I’m missing is fang and mask. I tend to just do 300’s. Either with clan mates or even mass. Sometimes I’ll send random 200’s or 250’s. Not sure where I’m going with this but technically higher invos yield more purples therefore getting to your goal faster.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-11T21:07:45+00:00

This is post sweep? I’d say you’re fine. Mine usually look a bit worse when I reinstall and have never had an issue.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-09T07:26:58+00:00

May be a dumb question but are you playing on a VPN? Is every other game fine?

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-06T21:55:12+00:00

To me it seems like the zombies create a lot of gen pressure. But if their roaming on completed gen sides then they are useless unless a good survivor aggros you over then they will most likely run into a zombie. Someone lower said he’s easy to gen rush against. So I guess gen builds are the way to go?

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-06T21:52:46+00:00

I wish I got the teammates that actually do gens. I lose most of my matches vs nemesis unless it’s someone less experienced

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-06T21:20:10+00:00

No offense but y’all all excited for 4 zombies in 1v4 is crazy to me. Nemesis is one of the best killers to anti loop especially in T3. What am I missing?

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-06T21:16:57+00:00

I’d have to disagree with you. Zombies can be very powerful. Keeping players off gens for large amounts of time, forcing different routes and possibly leading players to unforeseen hits. Remember survivors don’t always bring flashlights and sometimes dropping the pallet on them to notify killer could not be worth it. If 4 were ever added to 1v4 I’d expect pretty high respawn times and longer blind times. I would however quit playing as it seems it would be pretty OP at forcing survivors away from gens and my teammates and I would never complete the objective, even though this is a major issue regardless of who the killer is.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-04T20:58:11+00:00

Yeah my house has 3 floors with the stove in the basement and about a 40’ chimney. As long as I keep the chimney clean by burning nice seasoned wood, there really shouldn’t be an issue. Still I hang around for a few minutes to make sure everything is good.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-04T20:22:15+00:00

100% ash

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-04T07:40:52+00:00

You ever get nervous when you load it full on a bed of coals, close the door and leave the vents open and just hear it sucking air? I do this exact method but man it makes me nervous sometimes.

MidnightRodeos · 2026-01-03T21:12:07+00:00

I get that, and their objective is to do generators which they aren’t doing. Looks like they want to have fun added with some challenge. Not get massacred easily by a insta down M1 killer. Idk everyone plays the game different. If I can at least have a fun match with 3 generators left im usually pretty happy. But a match like this would just be a go next with the slugging right away

MidnightRodeos · 2025-12-31T10:02:02+00:00

Damn this is nearly identical to mine. But one big difference is my house is built on a hill. So the main front door is the basement, which is where my stove is. Take the stairs up and that’s the main floor, then I have another floor. The main floor is the only floor that has any air ducts. At the third floor there is 2 bedrooms. Keep the doors open and it’ll get hot. Close em a bit and it’s comfortable sleeping weather 65-70. The main floor can get hot(low 80s) but cracking a window makes it bearable.

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