Hello Forum,
My family and I moved into a new house a few years ago with a new Pacific Energy Super 27 wood stove. I'm not super experienced with wood stoves but know a little. I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
The problem I am having is smoke "back puffing" into the house whenever I try to add wood. I realize the installation is not ideal. The metal round pipe coming out of the stove goes into a rectangular shaped chimney (clay?) which is on the outside wall and enclosed by a larger brick chimney. The exterior chimney is larger than the pipe coming out of the stove so I believe this is negatively affecting the draw and causing the back puffing.
I try to only add wood when there is no flame in the stove. I open the door extremely slowly. I open windows and doors to try and help. Nothing seems to work. Even if there is only hot embers in the stove there is usually a waft of ash billowing out or whatever gases are present. It is also EXTREMELY difficult to light a fire in this wood stove.
The company who installed the stove came to look and suggested that I install a metal pipe from the stove to the roof top. One option was to install the pipe inside the existing clay chimney and the other was to remove the clay (extra $$). Apparently the pipe would JUST fit inside the rectangular clay chimney so I'm guessing the existing clay chimney is not much larger than the pipe coming out from the stove. The guy giving me this advice did not seem super confident about the solution so I thought I would ask opinions here.
The smell of smoke in the house is killing me! I work in an environment where the air quality isn't very good most days and to come home to a smoky house is awful. I also have two young kids. (3 and 1 years old). I hate exposing them to the smoke. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Here are a couple pics of the installation.
Thanks
Leumas.
My family and I moved into a new house a few years ago with a new Pacific Energy Super 27 wood stove. I'm not super experienced with wood stoves but know a little. I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
The problem I am having is smoke "back puffing" into the house whenever I try to add wood. I realize the installation is not ideal. The metal round pipe coming out of the stove goes into a rectangular shaped chimney (clay?) which is on the outside wall and enclosed by a larger brick chimney. The exterior chimney is larger than the pipe coming out of the stove so I believe this is negatively affecting the draw and causing the back puffing.
I try to only add wood when there is no flame in the stove. I open the door extremely slowly. I open windows and doors to try and help. Nothing seems to work. Even if there is only hot embers in the stove there is usually a waft of ash billowing out or whatever gases are present. It is also EXTREMELY difficult to light a fire in this wood stove.
The company who installed the stove came to look and suggested that I install a metal pipe from the stove to the roof top. One option was to install the pipe inside the existing clay chimney and the other was to remove the clay (extra $$). Apparently the pipe would JUST fit inside the rectangular clay chimney so I'm guessing the existing clay chimney is not much larger than the pipe coming out from the stove. The guy giving me this advice did not seem super confident about the solution so I thought I would ask opinions here.
The smell of smoke in the house is killing me! I work in an environment where the air quality isn't very good most days and to come home to a smoky house is awful. I also have two young kids. (3 and 1 years old). I hate exposing them to the smoke. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Here are a couple pics of the installation.
Thanks
Leumas.