Hi All,
I'm hoping to get some guidance, as my wood stove has been doing something really strange lately. My stove (Hearthstone Green Mountain 40) drips a fairly significant amount of water out of the bottom of the stove only when I start a fire. It leaks a fair bit dripping out of a few spots (as seen in the pictures I've attached). The water is black and smells strongly of char/soot and drips all over my slate tiles. After a while the dripping stops even as I add new logs. Has anyone else experienced something like this and have any advice for how to stop it from happening?
Also if you have any advice for cleaning persistent splatter "stains" from the dark water leaking out that would be appreciated too.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!
![IMG_9638.PNG IMG_9638.PNG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/322/322560-6ae5aacf493e846dd19c2165abc809e4.jpg)
I'm hoping to get some guidance, as my wood stove has been doing something really strange lately. My stove (Hearthstone Green Mountain 40) drips a fairly significant amount of water out of the bottom of the stove only when I start a fire. It leaks a fair bit dripping out of a few spots (as seen in the pictures I've attached). The water is black and smells strongly of char/soot and drips all over my slate tiles. After a while the dripping stops even as I add new logs. Has anyone else experienced something like this and have any advice for how to stop it from happening?
Also if you have any advice for cleaning persistent splatter "stains" from the dark water leaking out that would be appreciated too.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!
![IMG_9642.PNG IMG_9642.PNG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/322/322556-583a1b7ac12c09c2683a9061cdfa9fa2.jpg)
![IMG_9641.PNG IMG_9641.PNG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/322/322557-bbcfb77f95bf1d326e506a78518b3a9b.jpg)
![IMG_9640.PNG IMG_9640.PNG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/322/322558-49b31cdd364797d64a179c06c5a3a471.jpg)
![IMG_9639.PNG IMG_9639.PNG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/322/322559-89f45127d93ec871b6144b4b71c3fe4b.jpg)
![IMG_9638.PNG IMG_9638.PNG](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/322/322560-6ae5aacf493e846dd19c2165abc809e4.jpg)
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