Hi everyone,
A good friend needed a new, inexpensive stove and I suggested the NC-30. He installed the stove about 3 weeks ago. Seems to be burning well - it's his first EPA stove, so I'm sure he's learning the ropes. I just got off the phone with him because he had a question about his stove. He has indicated that each time he opens the stove door, even after hours of burning, he has serious smoke exiting the firebox and entering into the room. He is opening the primary full and opening the door slowly - still a lot of smoke spilling. Not sure how good the wood is that he's burning - I believe that what he's burning now is a delivery from the spring, but not sure if oak, etc. He indicated the wood is not hissing, etc. and burning well (easy startups, etc.; I think I'll bring a him a load of well seasoned wood from my stacks to be sure it's not the wood). We talked about most of the normal issues. He did indicate that it seemed to spill less smoke when temps were colder, so I thought it might be sluggish draft. The smoke continues to spill even after hours of burning, so figured that might not explain it. He checked all possible areas of obstruction - everything seems clear. New flue, straight shot through the roof (triple wall) install in a cathedral layout room - about 20' total. My last suggestion was to increase the flue height to see if he could get a little boost to the draft. I'm heading to his house on Friday to add a temporary 3' section of pipe to the outside stack (he has an extra 3' section of old triple wall) and I have a few 2' sections of single wall stove pipe I thought we might marry to the triple wall to temporarily (just for an hour or two) see if the stronger draft fixes the problem. So.......anything I'm missing here? I'd like to try to solve this for him on Friday if possible, so any suggestion would be great - thanks! Cheers!
A good friend needed a new, inexpensive stove and I suggested the NC-30. He installed the stove about 3 weeks ago. Seems to be burning well - it's his first EPA stove, so I'm sure he's learning the ropes. I just got off the phone with him because he had a question about his stove. He has indicated that each time he opens the stove door, even after hours of burning, he has serious smoke exiting the firebox and entering into the room. He is opening the primary full and opening the door slowly - still a lot of smoke spilling. Not sure how good the wood is that he's burning - I believe that what he's burning now is a delivery from the spring, but not sure if oak, etc. He indicated the wood is not hissing, etc. and burning well (easy startups, etc.; I think I'll bring a him a load of well seasoned wood from my stacks to be sure it's not the wood). We talked about most of the normal issues. He did indicate that it seemed to spill less smoke when temps were colder, so I thought it might be sluggish draft. The smoke continues to spill even after hours of burning, so figured that might not explain it. He checked all possible areas of obstruction - everything seems clear. New flue, straight shot through the roof (triple wall) install in a cathedral layout room - about 20' total. My last suggestion was to increase the flue height to see if he could get a little boost to the draft. I'm heading to his house on Friday to add a temporary 3' section of pipe to the outside stack (he has an extra 3' section of old triple wall) and I have a few 2' sections of single wall stove pipe I thought we might marry to the triple wall to temporarily (just for an hour or two) see if the stronger draft fixes the problem. So.......anything I'm missing here? I'd like to try to solve this for him on Friday if possible, so any suggestion would be great - thanks! Cheers!