rtroxel
Recycles dryer sheets
A few years ago, I had a wood-burning stove installed within my fireplace, and since then, it has worked very well - until now.
The problem is: After I have lit the tinder, and the fire starts, the smoke begins belching out of the fireplace. I talked with the installer about this and was told that there must be some very cold air in the chimney which is blocking the smoke. This answer sort of made sense, since the temperature recently has gone down to the 'teens just after sunset.
My solution has been to insert a lot of rolled newspaper over the tinder, to make the stove, and thus the chimney, very hot, and this allows the smoke to exit the chimney. However, after the flames have died down somewhat, they quickly are extinguished, I'm assuming, by more cold air building up in the chimney.
Has anyone else here had this experience?
Thanks, as always,
Roy Troxel
Taos, NM
The problem is: After I have lit the tinder, and the fire starts, the smoke begins belching out of the fireplace. I talked with the installer about this and was told that there must be some very cold air in the chimney which is blocking the smoke. This answer sort of made sense, since the temperature recently has gone down to the 'teens just after sunset.
My solution has been to insert a lot of rolled newspaper over the tinder, to make the stove, and thus the chimney, very hot, and this allows the smoke to exit the chimney. However, after the flames have died down somewhat, they quickly are extinguished, I'm assuming, by more cold air building up in the chimney.
Has anyone else here had this experience?
Thanks, as always,
Roy Troxel
Taos, NM