I'm getting a fresh air kit for the Olympic. Having too many issues with the stack house effect .
Who has a fresh air kit
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Where's your stove located in the house? What's the house like? How tall is the chimney and of what construction?
Are you trying top down fires?
I have a basement install, that gives me a downdraft in the chimney if the stove goes stone cold. This time of the year, I'm not burning 24/7 so I have this happen frequently. Starting a fire top down takes care of the downdraft and smoke coming into the house back through the air inlet for me.
However, if you aren't trying the top down approach, do give it a go.... Not saying that to dissuade you from getting an OAK, but you might still find it handy.
This is assuming you are having a starting issue, if that's not it, what specifically are you having happen? Smoke in the house? If so, when in the burn or doing what?
Are you trying top down fires?
I have a basement install, that gives me a downdraft in the chimney if the stove goes stone cold. This time of the year, I'm not burning 24/7 so I have this happen frequently. Starting a fire top down takes care of the downdraft and smoke coming into the house back through the air inlet for me.
However, if you aren't trying the top down approach, do give it a go.... Not saying that to dissuade you from getting an OAK, but you might still find it handy.
This is assuming you are having a starting issue, if that's not it, what specifically are you having happen? Smoke in the house? If so, when in the burn or doing what?
Thanks guys. My stove is on the main floor. Chimney is 15ft. On really cold days when I get her burning you can hear it chugging good. This is usually in the morning. Midday always the fire gets lazy. Heat drops. I took out the knock out part for the OAK last nite and blocked the air in the front with the metal plate that came with it. Now there's know turning back time to punch hole in wall. It's nice straight shot back .
I've talked to others who own the Avalon Olympic and they said same thing when you open the door smoke rolls out.
I think it's the big fire box and the small 6" pipe they now give these big Giants.
I think it's the big fire box and the small 6" pipe they now give these big Giants.
That's common with modern stoves and a full baffle. Main thing is, if the stove is loaded properly, just don't open the door until the next load is ready to go in, and there wouldn't be any smoke at that point anyway.
I have an OAK, for my Quadrafire 2100 Millenium, a small stove. The house is very tight, as measured by blower door. I figured I needed an OAK to provide combustion air reliably, even when exhausting devices are in operation (dryer, range hood). I also didn't want a path for inside conditioned air to go up the chimney after the fire died after midnight (I don't burn all the time, mainly just in the evenings). Although the need for air to that small stove is well within the leakage of the house, tight as it is, I find that if the dryer or range hood is operating when I go to light the stove, then I get backdrafting without a nearby window cracked open. Once the fire is going well, I can close the window and the draft via the OAK is sufficient to prevent backdrafting.
That's interesting. If the inlet pipe is not connected directly to the wood furnace why would air travel along the inlet pipe instead of just entering from the room directly to the furnace?
Have you checked (with smoke or something else) to see outside air gets to the furnace?
It balances the neg pressure in the room from the pull of the furnace and the baro damper. If you look at where it connects on top of the furnace, it just stops right on top and still has the vents all around it, so its not a sealed system by any means for the propane side.
With a nice hot fire going, you can out your hand in front of the intake and feel a nice cool breeze coming in. Outside you can feel quite a bit of pull too. Works great, no puffs of smoke anymore either.
I installed one on our Napoleon 1400 even though our house is extremely drafty. It has worked great. The only hitch is that where it exits the house it is only a few inches off the ground. We typically have 50cm to 1m of snow on the ground during the winter so I had to build a wooden box around it that is about 5 ft. high with an opening in the top to prevent the intake from getting buried in snow.
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Yep, I have an OAK for my Jotul F55 installed in my basement. Works good and it's code here so I didn't have much choice anyways.
Awesome OAK what a difference. Just light the stove for the first time with an OAK burning great. Not super cold here only mid 40s and wet.
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