Garrison 1 smoking bad

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Berkshires89

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Nov 23, 2014
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Hello, newb to this forum. For the past two years I have heated with a garrison 2 with no issues at all besides the firebox being to small and not burning overnight for cold mornings. I recently picked up a garrison 1, much larger. I installed this stove yesterday to my existing flue using a adapter, well now anytime I open the door to add wood or even start a fire it smokes like crazy? No issues similar with the smaller stove and I've tried just about everything I can think of. The flue is clean. I've searched around on bing and other forums to no avail of what I already tried.any help much appreciated!
 
You apparently have a draft problem, but more information is needed. Please describe your chimney setup. Masonry? Interior/Exterior? Diameter? Height? Lined/Unlined? Insulated Liner/Uninsulated Liner? etc etc..
 
the adapter you used is it by chance a 8" to 6" adapter?
 
With 4 sections of triple wall and that 2' section, you have 14' of vertical chimney total? The elbow will remove about 3' to 5' of that, effectively shortening the working length of the chimney. It sounds like the stove you have now requires an 8" flue. I think the stove is just not ideally designed to work with the setup you have. You could try adding another section to your chimney and increase the height. We're also having a few mild days here in the northeast which also promotes a lazy draft.

Good that that flue has been cleaned. Is there a screen up top? Make sure that isn't plugged up.

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/chimneys_an_unexact_science/
 
I think a different used stove requiring 6" would be as expensive or cheaper than running several lengths of 8" triple wall.
 
If I recall the garrison had a smoke shelf, I believe they where welded in. This should be intact and this one should be an inch chimney all the way out! We used to test Garrisons with kiln dried scraps to see if we could melt the stove as kids. I think the most heat came from the stove pipe under our not laboratory test. Tough stove but back in the 80's they where everywhere for free or under $200.
IMHO I would get a different stove. Unless the new 8" chimney will serve a BlazeKing in the near future.
 
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