darnit. started a fire in my wood burning stove tonight

[waggy]

well i decided i wanted to relax around the wood burning stove we have.

took forever to get the fire started (think i got some crappy wood). once it was going i noticed a bunch of smoke puring out of it.

Yes the flue was open and i did the trick of burning paper to get it warm (which usually works).

we have been having trouble with it lately. last year it did it all the time. we have had it checked out last year. guess we are going to have to do it again.

so anyone have any ideas? my wife wants to replace it (she hates the stove and i kinda want a pellet one).

 

[S Freud]

I had this same problem with my old stove back home, is your chimney straight up or does it have a bend in it anywhere? When was the last time it was cleaned?

 

[dartworth]

The pellet stoves are nice...

I was just reading about them and it seems there is a shortage of pellets right now...:shrug;

 

[VWhed]

Depending on the weather where you are.... I always had problems on damp, "heavy air" days. You can use a hair dryer to get the air heated and moving in the right direction, or a propane torch with a short/fat propane bottle. It can be a b1tch sometimes (as you already know )

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: S Freud
I had this same problem with my old stove back home, is your chimney straight up or does it have a bend in it anywhere? When was the last time it was cleaned?

we had it cleaned last year. and yes it does have a bend in it. abotu 2 foot above the stove.

Originally posted by: VWhed
Depending on the weather where you are.... I always had problems on damp, "heavy air" days. You can use a hair dryer to get the air heated and moving in the right direction, or a propane torch with a short/fat propane bottle. It can be a b1tch sometimes (as you already know )

oh a hair dryer! good idea. i have one and since i have no hair it just sits there heh.



editL: though even when it should have been warm enough i still had some smoke comeing out.

 

[S Freud]

My dad had said that sometimes the bend in the pipe combined with the downward pressure air would force the smoke back out into the stove. I had this problem all the time when I would build a fire in my old house, you had to swing the door open throw the log in and slam it shut.

 

[VWhed]

If you have the proper draft and there are no goofy obstructions in the chimney it should work... How tall is your chimney? Is it like from basement to above second floor, because it will take a while for the chimney to become warm enough. it is like the smoke goes up so far then hits denser air and falls again. I am sure someone else could explain it better than I can.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: VWhed
If you have the proper draft and there are no goofy obstructions in the chimney it should work... How tall is your chimney? Is it like from basement to above second floor, because it will take a while for the chimney to become warm enough. it is like the smoke goes up so far then hits denser air and falls again. I am sure someone else could explain it better than I can.

yeah.

its in the basement (who the ****** puts a wood burning stove in a basement!? seems silly to me). so it has to go up 2 more floors.

but yeah it makes sense. but even after having a really good fire going i was still getting some spill out.


guess i need to have the fireplace guys come back again.