Cleaning the pellet stove in 3 steps [Guide]

Is the brazier of your pellet stove full of crystallized residues? Is the glass completely black? Is the brazier full of pellets? Maybe it's time to clean your stove.

Cleaning the pellet stove periodically is absolutely the maintenance operation that allows you to have a functioning and efficient stove over time.

Is cleaning the stove really necessary?

Why clean the pellet stove? Modern stoves, to ensure efficiency and durability over time, require periodic maintenance. Carrying out cleaning operations on the stove regularly allows you to avoid unpleasant malfunctions precisely when correct operation is necessary, furthermore periodic cleaning of the stove allows you to prevent annoying breakdowns or unexpected events.

Let's find out together how to clean the pellet stove in 3 steps:

1. 1. Clean the drain pipes it is essential to guarantee correct draft for our stove: the pipes must be removed and cleaned using a brush of a suitable diameter. Remove the pipes from the back of the stove Use a brush of suitable diameter  Cleaning the pellet stove pipes performed in this way is certainly the most effective, they also exist products so-called "chimney sweep", which are particularly suitable for more frequent cleaning. These products appear externally like pellets and through their combustion they allow cleaning of the smoke ducts of the stoves.

 

1. Clean the brazier allows more complete combustion of the pellet: remove the brazier from its seat and with a metal scraper eliminates all pellet combustion residues that have accumulated there. It is recommended to carry out this operation on a weekly basis. The amount of residue that the pellets leaves is a useful indicator of its quality: a quality pellet does not dirty much.–>Read the guide to choose a quality pellet. Remove the brazier from its seat Scrape the bowl with a metal scraper 
2. Vacuum the pellet tank is of fundamental importance: using a vacuum cleaner, carefully clean all residues of pellet dust. The most crucial spot to clean it is the duct through which the pellets pass into the brazier. Access the tank from the top opening  The crucial point to clean

 

The pellet stove is now clean: but where can I put the pellets?

A problem common to many owners of pellet-fueled stoves, not only Extralflame, is where to store the pellets at home; accumulating bags of pellets in the living room is not a particularly welcome or pleasant furnishing solution and not everyone can equip themselves with an external pellet tank and do-it-yourself solutions are not always the best... A practical solution are the wooden pellet containers: pleasant furnishing wooden trunks, comfortable and sturdy chests that can be customized by deciding on the type of finish and colour. If you are looking for a container for furnishing pellets, discover the chest in solid pine wood and the trunk in sanded pine wood.

Attention: all cleaning operations must be carried out when the pellet stove is turned off and has cooled down. Since Brichome.it has been selling Extraflame pellet stoves for over 40 years, along with many others, all the photos relate to the Ketty Extraflame pellet stove.