I've been reading over the last couple of days and am slightly confused.
I have a US Stove King 5510 (https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/46097/) and got it all dialed in at the end of last season so it would be ready to use this year without issue. It is working/burning fine. Several times last year during some strong winds, the flame would become lazy and on a few occasions, blow out and blow smoke back into the room via the air intake. I figured I would hook up a OAK and possibly build hood around the vent cap to solve that problem.
So now the new burning season is upon us here in Kansas, and over the weekend the winds have been sustained at around 30 mph and gusting to 50-60 mph from the NW. Needless to say, my problem has returned. Having the vent on the NW corner of the house doesn't help either. I quickly built a temporary hood/wall around the vent outlet yesterday to try to prevent direct wind from working its way down the exhaust pipe. It helped a little, but still getting some small amount of blow-back. I planned on hooking up an OAK regardless. I think even with an OAK, any smoke/smell that will get pushed back out the intake pipe will surely get drawn back in (but won't be blown back into the room right?)
Anyways, I need to fix the main problem of the wind overpowering the draft of the vent.
My setup: stove is angled in the corner, 45 degree then goes through the wall about 2 feet, then up about seven feet.
From what I've read, I plan on going vertical about another 5-6 feet to get above the roof line and install a vertical vent cap.
Will this hopefully solve my wind issue?
I'm also getting close to the 12ft of vertical that is the max for 3 inch pipe. Don't really want to have to change over to 4 inch pipe just because I'm a few inches over the limit.
Thanks for any advice you guys are able to offer.
I have a US Stove King 5510 (https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/46097/) and got it all dialed in at the end of last season so it would be ready to use this year without issue. It is working/burning fine. Several times last year during some strong winds, the flame would become lazy and on a few occasions, blow out and blow smoke back into the room via the air intake. I figured I would hook up a OAK and possibly build hood around the vent cap to solve that problem.
So now the new burning season is upon us here in Kansas, and over the weekend the winds have been sustained at around 30 mph and gusting to 50-60 mph from the NW. Needless to say, my problem has returned. Having the vent on the NW corner of the house doesn't help either. I quickly built a temporary hood/wall around the vent outlet yesterday to try to prevent direct wind from working its way down the exhaust pipe. It helped a little, but still getting some small amount of blow-back. I planned on hooking up an OAK regardless. I think even with an OAK, any smoke/smell that will get pushed back out the intake pipe will surely get drawn back in (but won't be blown back into the room right?)
Anyways, I need to fix the main problem of the wind overpowering the draft of the vent.
My setup: stove is angled in the corner, 45 degree then goes through the wall about 2 feet, then up about seven feet.
From what I've read, I plan on going vertical about another 5-6 feet to get above the roof line and install a vertical vent cap.
Will this hopefully solve my wind issue?
I'm also getting close to the 12ft of vertical that is the max for 3 inch pipe. Don't really want to have to change over to 4 inch pipe just because I'm a few inches over the limit.
Thanks for any advice you guys are able to offer.