Been burning many years and never noticed this one before.
We just came home frome a 3 week vacation.
We have not used the wood stove at all this season until tonight....... and it has rained a lot recently so I suspect this is the reason my stainless double wall pipe outside is hissing but wanted to know if anyone else ever experienced this.
Lit my stove for the first time tonight and it got up to good hot temps and noticed the usual "new season hot pipe smell" so went outside to double check pipe and noticed it was hissing and water was around a couple seams.
It acts as though lots of rain got into the pipe liner and since it is the first heat up it is hissing.
The pipe was cleaned well recently from stove to top but not used or heated up since.
The pipe actually seemed pretty hot on the outside too but stove temps did not seem to be that high.........wonder if water inside pipe could make the pipe hotter ?
Going to check pipe in the morning for anything odd.
Any ideas ?
Thanks.
Robbie
We just came home frome a 3 week vacation.
We have not used the wood stove at all this season until tonight....... and it has rained a lot recently so I suspect this is the reason my stainless double wall pipe outside is hissing but wanted to know if anyone else ever experienced this.
Lit my stove for the first time tonight and it got up to good hot temps and noticed the usual "new season hot pipe smell" so went outside to double check pipe and noticed it was hissing and water was around a couple seams.
It acts as though lots of rain got into the pipe liner and since it is the first heat up it is hissing.
The pipe was cleaned well recently from stove to top but not used or heated up since.
The pipe actually seemed pretty hot on the outside too but stove temps did not seem to be that high.........wonder if water inside pipe could make the pipe hotter ?
Going to check pipe in the morning for anything odd.
Any ideas ?
Thanks.
Robbie