Hi,
I have a Qudrafire 1000 with a ceramic firepot. It has been working fine for the whole winter,but the last couple of days when I first start it up, there are massive amounts of smoke pouring out of it. Out of the bottom chamber, the window edges, the vent holes at the top,everywhere....
That lasts for about a minute and then the smoke subsides,the stove starts up normally and for the rest of the day this symptom does not reoccur.
The dust pan in the bottom collects some pellets during the day that drop hot out of a hole in the firepot ( that hole seems to be perfectly round and it does not actually go all the way up into the burning chamber seems to be part of the design). and they seem to continue combusting inside that dustpan.I shut off the thermostat at night and in the mornings I always clean this pan out so the smoke has nothing to do with that.
What could be happening and what should I do?
Thanks
I have a Qudrafire 1000 with a ceramic firepot. It has been working fine for the whole winter,but the last couple of days when I first start it up, there are massive amounts of smoke pouring out of it. Out of the bottom chamber, the window edges, the vent holes at the top,everywhere....
That lasts for about a minute and then the smoke subsides,the stove starts up normally and for the rest of the day this symptom does not reoccur.
The dust pan in the bottom collects some pellets during the day that drop hot out of a hole in the firepot ( that hole seems to be perfectly round and it does not actually go all the way up into the burning chamber seems to be part of the design). and they seem to continue combusting inside that dustpan.I shut off the thermostat at night and in the mornings I always clean this pan out so the smoke has nothing to do with that.
What could be happening and what should I do?
Thanks