...why did it say that the biggest mistake you can make is to have your chimney go out the wall and upside the house? This is how ours is and I'm looking for information why this is the biggest mistake you can make.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
Ja, My father had a chimney up the outside and a chimney fire burned his house to the ground.Pagey said:The "general" belief is that an exterior, uninsulated chimney can cause: 1.) poor draft and 2.) cooler flue gases which will allow the flue gases to condense and creosote to form more easily.
stoveguy2esw said:the members are all correct in their assessment of that statement i think however its not as big a mistake as "MEN"makes it out to be.
hope this is helpful to you.
mike
rowerwet said:Is your tempwood a steel box with a round lid on top to feed it like my dads was?
My parents had a tempwood stove and an exterior chimney 3+ stories tall, it was "fun" to light the stove off after loading as that very cold tall chimney took a going fire to get the draft going. Imagine the draft tube covers streaming smoke, and every joint in the pipe also, the smoke alarm (in the other room) going off, and every now and then the stove lid (how you fed the wood in) hopping every so often until the draft started. The quick fix for this was to remove the bottom clean out cap on the outside "T" that way the little bit of draft caused by the warmer air inside could flow out the bottom of the "T" until it got hot enough to go up.
Backwoods Savage said:The second worst mistake people make is to believe the wood selling guy who says his wood is seasoned. Never believe the wood seller; inspect it before delivery.
analogia said:Backwoods Savage said:The second worst mistake people make is to believe the wood selling guy who says his wood is seasoned. Never believe the wood seller; inspect it before delivery.
BTDT! The guy delivered his "seasoned" wood after the sun went down, how convenient!
Backwoods Savage said:analogia said:Backwoods Savage said:The second worst mistake people make is to believe the wood selling guy who says his wood is seasoned. Never believe the wood seller; inspect it before delivery.
BTDT! The guy delivered his "seasoned" wood after the sun went down, how convenient!
Please help enlighten me. What does BTDT mean?
analogia said:
the only pictures I have of that stove are B&W that my dad took back when he was into photo. stuff. it is very simple a steel rectangular box the stove pipe outlet is in the top of the back (horizontal exit) the top is flat along with the sides there is a round "cookstove" type lid in the center of the top with a removable handle to open it. flanking the lid are two small draft tubes with rotary slide covers to control the draft. The only mod my dad ever made was two steel pipes that he bolted onto the ends of the draft tubes on the inside to extend them down into the bottom of the stove farther, the bottom of the stove was lined with brick. It was sort of downdraft but not that efficient compared to today.Axis said:never seen a TEMPWOOD but would love to see detailed pics. its a different, downdrafting stove. if the outside chimni affects it, the creo in chimni would tell the story some.
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