I have two Hearthstone stoves. One which operate beautifully, clean glass, good burn, holds long burn. The other has dirty glass, smokes when door is opened, and is leaking smoke between the upper stone and cast Iron edge.
Help!
Help!
Highbeam said:Plugging of the chimney cap's spark arrestor is normal and not necessarily caused by an error in burning. No more abnormal than a typical accumulation of creosote in the chimney, there will always be creosote in everyone's chimney after a season of burning.
That said, you can do some things to gunk up your chimney and spark arrestor in a hurry if you want to.
alms said:The flue on the stove that was dirty is about 10 to 12 feet through the house(vaulted ceiling) and about six feet above the roof.
The cap actually seems to have more open draft area than the other one. It does have mesh on it but I would say the mesh was larger than hardware cloth. I did not go up to look at the other cap, the chimney inspector assured me that all was clean there as I expected from the cleanliness of the stove. I can see the leak in the stove coming from the inside corner joint of four stones. Will be easy to seal I think. Rep from the store was not concerned about it. Both stoves connect to the chimney through the top and both flues are straight. The cap on the flue that stays clean has a mushroom top that comes down farther than the other one,other than that I don't see much difference. These are Mansfield stoves.
Thanks to all for the help!
Highbeam said:Good news. Of course, you know, there are no fire bricks in any of the hearthstone soapstone stoves. The stoves are single wall block.
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