Found this place and seems like there is a lot of experienced people on here, so I'm hoping to find assistance with my issues
We bought a house which had an Opel 2 (RSF) fireplace. Previous owner told me this thing would heat the house nicely and was a breeze to operate.
During my first winter I had a few issues:
This winter started, the fireplace heats up the 1600sqft (main floor) nicely. I have the duct fan kit installed, so the heat is distributed around the house.
But just recently, smoke in the house again, hard to start fire, even when chimney was well warmed up, 2-3 windows opened the smoke would fill the room... and the windows continue to get real dirty quickly.
I found out this last weekend that the air intake door below the firebox wasn't opened to outside air but inside air. Great, now that must be the cause for the smoke coming in and the hard starts recently. My house is depressurized.
I switched to outside air and when I opened the doors, no smoke in the house. If I had known! Will see if that solves my problems on the long run!
Now only one problem remains, the dirty windows. Looking at an exploded view of the fireplace, the holes in the secondary air tube at the top of the firebox seem to be facing the window, while on mine they are facing up (directly on the baffle). I'm wondering if this is a bad installation, or a manufacture error, as the welded bracket holding the tube in place would not permit me to change the alignment of the holes.
Was wondering if anyone out here with an Opel 2 could provide some feedback on how their tube is set up, and if they get the dirty windows like I do?
Thanks
We bought a house which had an Opel 2 (RSF) fireplace. Previous owner told me this thing would heat the house nicely and was a breeze to operate.
During my first winter I had a few issues:
- Glasses would get dirty in no time
- Near the end of Winter, I started having smoke in the house
- My wood was too big, which meant wood wasn't as dry as it could be in the middle which could lead to dirty glasses and dirty chimney. Which in turn could lead to smoke in the house.
- My door seals needed to be changed
This winter started, the fireplace heats up the 1600sqft (main floor) nicely. I have the duct fan kit installed, so the heat is distributed around the house.
But just recently, smoke in the house again, hard to start fire, even when chimney was well warmed up, 2-3 windows opened the smoke would fill the room... and the windows continue to get real dirty quickly.
I found out this last weekend that the air intake door below the firebox wasn't opened to outside air but inside air. Great, now that must be the cause for the smoke coming in and the hard starts recently. My house is depressurized.
I switched to outside air and when I opened the doors, no smoke in the house. If I had known! Will see if that solves my problems on the long run!
Now only one problem remains, the dirty windows. Looking at an exploded view of the fireplace, the holes in the secondary air tube at the top of the firebox seem to be facing the window, while on mine they are facing up (directly on the baffle). I'm wondering if this is a bad installation, or a manufacture error, as the welded bracket holding the tube in place would not permit me to change the alignment of the holes.
Was wondering if anyone out here with an Opel 2 could provide some feedback on how their tube is set up, and if they get the dirty windows like I do?
Thanks
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