Smoke problem with a two-flue chimeny
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Comments (34)Well well, look what came back to life! I have one chimney pot that was at my favorite local nursery. It was huge! Since I got it BH (before hosta), it is sitting off in a corner, but now will come in handy like Gesila says, to raise the viewing area. IF I can manage to get it on the dolly to its preferred location. I have two tall square clay flower pots turned upside down, and hosta in containers sitting on top of those. Even empty, those pots are heavy to move. Another source for old chimney pots would be an architectural salvage yard. They have everything. My wrought iron security door (removed and given away) is about to come home and might be used for climbing vines. It could be placed against a solid plain (bare) wall, and fixed to look like a gate in the wall where there is none. Gesila, how tall is your chain link fence? can you plant vines on it? Down here (and in Tuscany where I saw it first) I am putting star jasmine, evergreen in our zone, and it is already beginning to cover our 7 foot high chain link fence. It will be gorgeous once it fills in....See MoreSmoke escapes from Jotul 602 in certain conditions: OK??
Comments (3)I've been burning wood in various woodstoves for years and years. Sometimes if the chimney isn't tall enough to get a good draft (or if it is too close to a peak of the roof, or if there is an elbow/bend in it instead of going strait up, etc. and the wind is coming from a certain direction it is hard to get the draft sucking the smoke up the stove. Also if your house is too air tight, there is not enough air to get the smoke up the chimney (I don't know what the technical term is for this) and cracking a window during the fire building stage can help. One stove we had, we'd take newspaper and make a torch, light it and stick it in the stove right under the chimney opening. It was kind of a clean burning draft booster, then we'd light the fire. I can't tell from your description if the smoke is actually coming out a seam in the stove, which would be bad, or if it might be curling down from the burner on the top, or from out of the draft opening or?? I'd sure contact Jotul and tell them what is happening if it is really coming thru a seam and see what they suggest.Maybe a repair with stove cement. When the stove gets hot and all the gasses get sucked up the chimney, then you wouldn't be getting enough co to set off your alarm. But as the stove burns down, and the heat is less intense, it seems like if there was really a seam problem the gas would also leak out and set off your alarm. Hope this helps...See Moresmoke in the basement
Comments (5)I capped the unused flue. My setup sounds different than yours, however. My chimney has 3 flues. Center is the fireplace, right is shared by the hot water tank and gas furnace. We had the left (third) flue put in when we built the house with the idea that someday we would add a woodstove in the basement. The thimble opened into the basement. Kind of like leaving a window open with a pipe going adjacent to the top of the fireplace chimney. When the gas furnace turned on it created negative pressure in the basement. Smoke sucked in the unused chimney....See MoreSmoke in Basement
Comments (4)It's an improperly sealed unused flue. Having said that, that wouldn't happen if the stack was built to the proper height - 2-4' above the HIGHEST portion of the home, not just the part of the home where it exits. Exterior stacks (3 walls exposed) tend to make this worse with a chimney of improper height. The only solution (except extending the stack to the proper height, an expense you're not likely to undertake due to this being an unused flue) is to PROPERLY cap off the unused flue and seal it, it's not hard to do, but it has to be sealed well. Polyurethane sealant is your friend, it will last, it seals tight and sticks to everything. http://www.lowes.com/pd_317273-286-866011_0__?productId=3510784...See Morefandlil
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