Fresh Air Intake Question

[Skitheeast]

I was just using wood quality as an example. You seemed to have narrowed things down to a problem with your stove rather than "fresh air intake". I'm just saying a post with a title that contains the stove model and a more general description of your problem might attract more knowledgeable readers. who can offer help.
Enough said.

Agreed. I made a connection with Mike from Englander and will work with him from here on out. Thanks for the responses anyway.

 

[SpiderBombs]

I am having trouble keeping our newly, (basement installed), Englander NC30 stove running with the door closed. Even with the draft rod fully opened, it tends to go out when the door is closed. Our house was built in 09' and is very tight. We had an energy audit conducted last year, and were told it was almost too tight. After researching here and on both Englanders and Woodstocks websites, I decided to try the outside air intake kit. This was also suggested by the folks at Englanders tech dept.- My Question is..., I have an outside vent on our masonry chimney that used to be used for the combustible air for the fireplace upstairs. We installed a Hampton HI 300 insert in the fireplace 3 years ago, (love it), making the outside vent useless. Could I tie the fresh air intake to the clean out door for the upstairs fireplace chase seeing as how there is a vent above that allows for outside air? The reason I would like to do this is b/c our propane furnace is direct vented out on the wall aside the stove pipe and I would have to have a very long run of 3" tubing to get to the opposite wall and out..
Any thoughts?

Your air draft rod has broken inside the NC30 off its linkage or its weld I cant tell becasue there are no schematic out there. I have the exact problem but one day I actually felt the rod mess up and slightly dislodge itself to whatever its connected to inside the box up as my hand was working it. Sometimes i push to the left or right as I pull it out hoping it will catch. I am wondering if I tip it on its belly I can find away to inspect it and fix it