A concern is my decades old Defiant wood stove and air leakage. I keep the damper handle down when the stove is not in use, but am concerned air seeps past that losing heated air in winter and a/c air in summer. The little metal flap in back of the stove for the air intake control has no real seal and moves when the stove is not in use (I hear the metal hitting the stove body as it moves). I plug that up with a towel, but this air flow tells me that air is pulled up the chimney.
I may soon replace the Defiant with a Jotel. I don't know if a new, more modern stove is better at at lessening air leakage.
Does anyone know about sealing / plugging up the chimney when not in use? "Not in use" means maybe a day in winter or all the time in summer.
I may soon replace the Defiant with a Jotel. I don't know if a new, more modern stove is better at at lessening air leakage.
Does anyone know about sealing / plugging up the chimney when not in use? "Not in use" means maybe a day in winter or all the time in summer.