Softwood tarring up flues?

[Alycidon]

The times I have had this conversation with log snobs I now tell them that the only safe thing to burn is smokeless

while I get all the wood !!!

 

 

I always run my fire hot because if you notice ( clear view fire ) if the fire is on close down / slumber the glass blackens and this must get replicated up the chimney and then the fun starts, so just watch your glass I say

(with a clear view anyway )

 

Smokeless fuel if petrolium based will not do the stove any good at all, grates, baffle plates etc burn through or buckle.

 

Absolutely correct, shut down by no more than 25% given an average wind outside.

 

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[ShooTa]

just to throw a wrench in - what about on open fires? as surely the fire cannot achieve similar temps - thus would there be more of a significant build up? reason i ask is this coming winter will be my first with soft wood in the mix.