Hello all.
I've been heating my house with a woodstove for 2 yrs, this is my 3rd winter. My stove no longer heats up my house the way that it did before and I dont know what has changed to make this happen.
I only heat the main room (kitchen/dining room/living room) and the bedroom. Everything else is closed off. The house does have high celings but I have ceiling fans which bring the warm air back down. Last 2 yrs I burned mostly fir and some maple and some was downed that yr (the maple) and some was downed a few yrs ago. I had no trouble getting my main room to 70 degrees quickly. (big older Lopi woodstove set into a fireplace, chimney has full liner)
I have burned some seasoned wood this yr, and some poplar split in Aug. & dried in the sun. None of it is heating my house. I can barely get the main rooms to 63-64. I do not know what has changed. I have tried adjusting the flue....that doesnt seem to be it. I cant think of changes to the house.
Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on? I understand the poplar isnt worth much, but the better quality seasoned wood isnt doing much better. In the past yrs and this yr, the thermometer on top of the stove gets up to 800-1000....but this yr that doesnt heat the house. How can that be?
Thanks in advance.
I've been heating my house with a woodstove for 2 yrs, this is my 3rd winter. My stove no longer heats up my house the way that it did before and I dont know what has changed to make this happen.
I only heat the main room (kitchen/dining room/living room) and the bedroom. Everything else is closed off. The house does have high celings but I have ceiling fans which bring the warm air back down. Last 2 yrs I burned mostly fir and some maple and some was downed that yr (the maple) and some was downed a few yrs ago. I had no trouble getting my main room to 70 degrees quickly. (big older Lopi woodstove set into a fireplace, chimney has full liner)
I have burned some seasoned wood this yr, and some poplar split in Aug. & dried in the sun. None of it is heating my house. I can barely get the main rooms to 63-64. I do not know what has changed. I have tried adjusting the flue....that doesnt seem to be it. I cant think of changes to the house.
Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on? I understand the poplar isnt worth much, but the better quality seasoned wood isnt doing much better. In the past yrs and this yr, the thermometer on top of the stove gets up to 800-1000....but this yr that doesnt heat the house. How can that be?
Thanks in advance.