ok... at the end of march we had a heat wave in upstate ny. I stopped running my astoria (my only source of heat) for about two weeks. A couple weekends ago it got pretty cold so we started it up. We noticed that the combustion air (draft) was pulsing on high and low. A vibrating noise could be heard as it seemed the air flow decreased and the flame would get lazy, then the noise would stop and the air flow would return to normal. I was concerned about this as it continued so I turned it off. I asked my stove shop and they suggested a thorough cleaning of the exhaust motor and pipe. I did that and the stove ran this past week with no problems. Last night I didn't need to use it so kept the stove off all night and all day. Tonight I started it up and it started acting the same way again. I believe it is a combustion air problem. I do not have a OAK hooked up. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is? With the high temp only supposed to be around 49 tomorrow I am not sure if the stove repair guy will get out here. Being my only heat source if I can't get it fixed will it harm anything to run it like this?
thanks for the help!
thanks for the help!