Thank you for your answer
Yes I expect moisture from the cob drying out
However it is literally running down the INSIDE of the flue pipe
Should I have the flue pipe horizontal with the ground
When I feel inside the barrel the cob is dry and baked hard .......
The water is actually forming a deep v hot puddle well more like lake two ot three inches deep inside the bottom of barrel
I'm mopping it out through the ash clean out just after the barrel
I thought it might be condensation due to different ain't temps. So today I covered the rest of the exhaust pipe in a 2 inch layer of cob to see if it made a difference
Alas no
I know when it's full again as the fire begins to slow ....Every half hour I have to mop out the lake
Isn't this much water too much
On the outside of the building there is lads of steam leaving the pipe even when the lake inside is dry .......
Ahhhh
Does anyone know if I should run the exhaust flue horizontal to the ground?
As you can see from the pic I have not totally cobed all the pipe in yet so it's not too late to re build the exit flue .....
I will post more pics tomorrow
