Boom

[bayfeet]

Lol, that's funny.

That's for two stoves. P38 in the family room and insert in the living room. 2500 sq ft colonial new windows and blown in cellulose. Loaded two tons in the garage 1 month ago, about thirty bags left. I figure 2 to 2.5 bags per day. House is nice and toasty, even during the cold weather. Only using oil for my hot water, radiators don't come on.

 

[bayfeet]

That's for two stoves. P38 in the family room and insert in the living room. 2500 sq ft colonial new windows and blown in cellulose. Loaded two tons in the garage 1 month ago, about thirty bags left. I figure 2 to 2.5 bags per day. House is nice and toasty, even during the cold weather. Only using oil for my hot water, radiators don't come on.

Cleaned stove thoroughly, including liner. Opened door, so far no bang. Hate to disconnect the outside air, so I'm going to keep an eye on it. Thanks for all the advice.

 

[zrtmatos]

I have an Accentra in my basement and always open it to scrap out the ash without any booming.

 

[skibumm100]

There has to be some gaseous fuel to have a boom. It won't be the pellets. If you had a really dirty burn without enough air, you MIGHT have enough flammable gases left over to cause a puff when O2 is introduced to it. I doubt the OAK has anything to do with it. That pipe should be cold due to the outside air temp and probably won't draft worth a darn so you shouldn't have reverse flow. Even if you did it shouldn't cause a pop since there isn't any fuel to make it pop. I open my insert often to scape the pot. I usually turn it down to low, wait a minute, slowly open the door and scrape away. Close the door, wait for the stove to "discover" that draft has been restored and turn it back up. I have about htirty seconds of having the door open before it goes into "shutdown due to lack of draft" mode.