Hey Guys,
Ever since my installation in February I have ALWAYS had a smoke smell on start up, then it would go away. I assumed this was normal because of my limited pellet stove experience. I joined this forum a few weeks ago and have learned a wealth of knowledge, one of the things I learned is that this smoke smell at start up is not normal. So I decided to take the pipe apart and clean very well and then re-do the pipe installation. I did all of that and re-attached everything....still that smoke smell on start up. So I used something else I learned here, the lights off with flashlight trick to see smoke. The next time I started the stove I was in the dark with the flashlight. I saw the smoke was coming from the stove adapter which I didn't remove because it was siliconed and screwed to the stove exhaust. After doing some research and looking around I discovered that the two screws that the installer used to connect the stove adapter to the stove were so long that they pierced the inner pipe of the stove adapter therefore allowing smoke to get between the inner and outer pipe and from there into the room. I used some silicone sealant all around the screws and seams and it took care of the smoke leak at start up.
What irritates me is that I paid extra for this installation. If I only knew then what I know now I would have done the install myself. Another scary fact is that I have two children under the age of three in this house that had a pellet stove with a leaky exhaust.
And of course a big THANK YOU to everyone on this forum for information, help, guidance, and patience. Now when I have a question or doubt I have the best resource for information at my fingertips.
Ever since my installation in February I have ALWAYS had a smoke smell on start up, then it would go away. I assumed this was normal because of my limited pellet stove experience. I joined this forum a few weeks ago and have learned a wealth of knowledge, one of the things I learned is that this smoke smell at start up is not normal. So I decided to take the pipe apart and clean very well and then re-do the pipe installation. I did all of that and re-attached everything....still that smoke smell on start up. So I used something else I learned here, the lights off with flashlight trick to see smoke. The next time I started the stove I was in the dark with the flashlight. I saw the smoke was coming from the stove adapter which I didn't remove because it was siliconed and screwed to the stove exhaust. After doing some research and looking around I discovered that the two screws that the installer used to connect the stove adapter to the stove were so long that they pierced the inner pipe of the stove adapter therefore allowing smoke to get between the inner and outer pipe and from there into the room. I used some silicone sealant all around the screws and seams and it took care of the smoke leak at start up.
What irritates me is that I paid extra for this installation. If I only knew then what I know now I would have done the install myself. Another scary fact is that I have two children under the age of three in this house that had a pellet stove with a leaky exhaust.
And of course a big THANK YOU to everyone on this forum for information, help, guidance, and patience. Now when I have a question or doubt I have the best resource for information at my fingertips.