Howdy Everyone,
Last December we had the new Englander 13NC and completely new pipe professionally installed along with a new roof panel in that section after we had the chimney fire with the old box stove set up. We have DuraVent double walled insulated chimney and DuraVent double walled telescoping stovepipe. It's a straight shot pipe.
Two days ago we had a small snow storm and only an inch or so of snow on the roof. The fire was out for several hours, I heard some dripping starting and saw a bead of water running from under the telescoping part of the double walled stovepipe down the last section of pipe and onto the stovetop which stopped in a few seconds, and then within a minute I twice heard two sounds like when you see a very small stream of water run off the roof, but it was coming down the inside of the double walled pipe and landing on the ceramic plate inside the stove. I opened the door and felt water on the stainless steel tubes. I did not hear or see any more water after that but the ceramic plate feels saturated and a bit soft on one side. Two people looked at the roof and the chimney area, cone, cap etc etc and cannot find anything where it could be leaking around the chimney. It all looks great and very sealed up. We don't know where this water got in. I have two questions.. Is it advisable to start a fire? and perhaps small to dry out the ceramic plate or is it ruined? And is it possible that there is a leak somewhere that is filling the support box and then it is getting to a point that it runs over into the stainless interior stovepipe? Having water leak from both sides doesn't make sense. Their was no snow on the cap and we brushed all the snow off the roof. Thank you for any and all help.
Last December we had the new Englander 13NC and completely new pipe professionally installed along with a new roof panel in that section after we had the chimney fire with the old box stove set up. We have DuraVent double walled insulated chimney and DuraVent double walled telescoping stovepipe. It's a straight shot pipe.
Two days ago we had a small snow storm and only an inch or so of snow on the roof. The fire was out for several hours, I heard some dripping starting and saw a bead of water running from under the telescoping part of the double walled stovepipe down the last section of pipe and onto the stovetop which stopped in a few seconds, and then within a minute I twice heard two sounds like when you see a very small stream of water run off the roof, but it was coming down the inside of the double walled pipe and landing on the ceramic plate inside the stove. I opened the door and felt water on the stainless steel tubes. I did not hear or see any more water after that but the ceramic plate feels saturated and a bit soft on one side. Two people looked at the roof and the chimney area, cone, cap etc etc and cannot find anything where it could be leaking around the chimney. It all looks great and very sealed up. We don't know where this water got in. I have two questions.. Is it advisable to start a fire? and perhaps small to dry out the ceramic plate or is it ruined? And is it possible that there is a leak somewhere that is filling the support box and then it is getting to a point that it runs over into the stainless interior stovepipe? Having water leak from both sides doesn't make sense. Their was no snow on the cap and we brushed all the snow off the roof. Thank you for any and all help.
