Hi, I am new to the forum and am having an issue. I just moved into a house with a six foot field stone chimney. There was a corn burner when I moved in. I just had a United States Company 3000 installed and the chimney swept.
When the sweep was done, the soot was soaking wet. The guy who did it didn't know why. He cleaned it as best he could and hooked up my new stove.
Now about the chimney. I had new tar put on because it was leaking and ruining some drywall. The new tar did the trick and no more leaks. But when the sweep guy was on the roof, he said that there was a dummy flue next to my other 2 flues (I also have a fireplace in the basement). The dummy flue was filled with concrete but he was pulling chunks of it off the crown. He said something about maybe needing the crown sealed.
So the woodstove was hooked up for about a month before we used it. Within a couple hours of starting the stove, we got brown water that smelled really bad like smoke running out of the thimble and down the chimney. It got so bad that it was dripping out of the elbow on the stove pipe at one point. I let the fire burn out and also noticed new wet spots on the stone by my ceiling. It seems like I have a lot of water and have no idea what to do with it!
By the way, there is no clean out on this chimney either.
I attached some pics, and advice would be really appreciated!!
When the sweep was done, the soot was soaking wet. The guy who did it didn't know why. He cleaned it as best he could and hooked up my new stove.
Now about the chimney. I had new tar put on because it was leaking and ruining some drywall. The new tar did the trick and no more leaks. But when the sweep guy was on the roof, he said that there was a dummy flue next to my other 2 flues (I also have a fireplace in the basement). The dummy flue was filled with concrete but he was pulling chunks of it off the crown. He said something about maybe needing the crown sealed.
So the woodstove was hooked up for about a month before we used it. Within a couple hours of starting the stove, we got brown water that smelled really bad like smoke running out of the thimble and down the chimney. It got so bad that it was dripping out of the elbow on the stove pipe at one point. I let the fire burn out and also noticed new wet spots on the stone by my ceiling. It seems like I have a lot of water and have no idea what to do with it!
By the way, there is no clean out on this chimney either.
I attached some pics, and advice would be really appreciated!!