Do duraflame® firelogs cause excessive creosote buildup?
No, burning duraflame® firelogs do not produce creosote. Creosote forms when moist smoke from a wood fire cools and condenses on the chimney walls. Burning unseasoned wood with high moisture content contributes to greater creosote accumulation in the chimney. Creosote accumulates inside your chimney each time you burn a wood fire and over time thick hardened tar like deposits can build up on the walls of the chimney. If this material is not regularly removed from the chimney burning a hot fire in the fireplace could ignite it and cause a chimney fire. Since duraflame® firelogs are made with dry wood sawdust only a fine soot like material is left in the chimney. In fact, tests show that duraflame® firelogs leave 66% less accumulation of soot material per hour of fire than the amount of creosote produced from burning natural firewood. Nevertheless, we recommend you have a certified chimney sweep inspect your chimney on an annual basis and clean it if necessary, no matter what you burn.
