Hi all,
I'm new to this whole pellet burning club and have a question now that we've put about 30 bags through our stove.
There's evidence of slight leaks all around the stove. What I mean is there's a very fine white dust (ash?) around where the door frame is mounted to the stove. Also, there's white dust along the one edge of the hopper lid (definitely not pellet dust), as well as around the gasket for the ash pan. When burning we can smell a VERY faint smoke smell.
My question is, is it normal for these stoves to leak a tiny bit? It's a VistaFlame VF100 FS manufacturd in 2008, but just installed last month.
Did I get a bad stove?
Thanks in advance for any insight and advice you guys can share...
I'm new to this whole pellet burning club and have a question now that we've put about 30 bags through our stove.
There's evidence of slight leaks all around the stove. What I mean is there's a very fine white dust (ash?) around where the door frame is mounted to the stove. Also, there's white dust along the one edge of the hopper lid (definitely not pellet dust), as well as around the gasket for the ash pan. When burning we can smell a VERY faint smoke smell.
My question is, is it normal for these stoves to leak a tiny bit? It's a VistaFlame VF100 FS manufacturd in 2008, but just installed last month.
Did I get a bad stove?
Thanks in advance for any insight and advice you guys can share...