So this has happened twice to me know. Today and once about a week and a half ago I tried to start fires in our stove but it acted like the flue was completely closed off and all the smoke just poured out of the stove into the house. The first time I wrote it off to the outside temperature being close to the inside of the house, maybe 50 outside and 60 in the house. Today it's in the low 40s outside and 60s inside the house. Is that still not enough temperature differential for a good draft? We've had this stove about a month and a half now and don't usually have any problems like this. The last fire I had two days ago had no problem getting up over 600°.
The first time it happened I was able to still get a fire going after clearing the smoke out of the house. We're still waiting for the smoke to clear out and my wife and I are not happy. I don't get it?! Our chimney isn't blocked or anything and there's no flue damper. Is there anything else that would cause it to act this way?
The first time it happened I was able to still get a fire going after clearing the smoke out of the house. We're still waiting for the smoke to clear out and my wife and I are not happy. I don't get it?! Our chimney isn't blocked or anything and there's no flue damper. Is there anything else that would cause it to act this way?