Give that a try on a warm day and get back to us.
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Give that a try on a warm day and get back to us.
A couple of years ago I cut a 1 foot diameter hole in the ceiling of a 1-story house, then went into the attic and felt the air rushing thru the hole, blowing my hair. The house with the stove is 2-story, so I would expect the natural draft to be even worse.
Yes, I'm pretty familiar with building science, but I don't think I'm going to cause any problems by plugging the chimney.
In Georgia there's a limit to what is tolerable without air conditioning.
Now that makes no sense to me - I thought stack effect always draws from bottom to top. But either direction, I don't want air moving in the chimney.
Ok what was the temperature differential? Air is not going to rush out of your house at the top unless the temp or pressure in your house is higher that the temp or pressure outside the house. It is that simple.
Yes but how will that tiny amount of air effect the energy efficiency of your house?
I understand that but people tolerated those temps for a long time i have absolutely no problem with you using air conditioning but don't tell me about being as energy efficient as possible if you are going to. Because no you dont need air conditioning you can survive fine with out it.
No the stack effect draws for high pressure to low pressure. That is very basic physics
mellow
Resident Stove Connoisseur
From the website: This balloon will work on a chimney up to 3" smaller in width or height. This Chimney Balloon will not work on a chimney any larger than 9"X9".
Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
Yep, I misstated that stack effect would occur on a hot day. Maybe if the attic got real hot, I don't know. Now, at night the house may be warmer than outside... At any rate, I've seen moisture in my stove so I plug the chimney.
pma1123
Burning Hunk
I had an issue with sideways rain going down the SS supervent cap/doublewall and winding up with a puddle in the ash drawer of my smoke dragon a few weeks ago. I just went up and removed the cap, put a plastic bag over it and reinstalled the cap. Then cut off the excess plastic. We haven't had monsoon rains since then, but it should solve the problem. Having a note in the firebox is a good idea.
The supervent cap design sure seems like this would be pretty hard for rain to find its way in, but I had this same issue with big rains last year also. Anyone else run into this?
The supervent cap design sure seems like this would be pretty hard for rain to find its way in, but I had this same issue with big rains last year also. Anyone else run into this?
yeah it can happen for sure but it is rare in most cases i find it is much better to let the little bit of air move through the system
Ashful
Minister of Fire
That's an interesting website, but I don't see anything in 6" diameter. What model are you using?
Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
budman
Minister of Fire
I use a 6" pvc sewer cap and made a band with flashing and 2 s/s clamps for the top of chimney.Had a bird in the stove a couple of
years ago and had to do somthing.
years ago and had to do somthing.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
CenterTree
Minister of Fire
budman
Minister of Fire
My goodness man, you must live in a balloon. Plug the chimney in what you describe and shut the front door real fast, you have yourself a bazooka!
Ashful
Minister of Fire
What "gunk" is coming out of your chimney? You burning wet wood? My cages seem to stay clean enough.
budman
Minister of Fire
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