Campfire smell

[ARC]

They told me a "little smell is normal"

Not normal either installer is lazy or incompetent should be no wood smoke smell from a properly installed stove.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Still should be a seal plate that the liner goes through to stop drafts Without it you have 6,7 or 8 in.
hole right into your stove room from outside. Just like having a window open

The top of the chimney should be tight though right? They have to use a chimney cap by code?

 

[Ssyko]

Yes the chimney should be air tight n calked. With just the end of the liner through to a rain cap. They make them just for that purpose.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I don't have a masonry chimney... so they ran a liner inside the existing flue... and my home built in 1999 is the opposite of tight... hence the reason I even bought the stove.

I think I don't understand after re reading this. What is the "flue" made of? It must be masonry if they ran a liner up it. If it were not, they would need double wall pipe.