We had our stove installed for a month with different pieces of stove pipe due to our DVL double walled stuff on back order. We finally got all the pieces in and have been burning with it for over a week now. Every time I start a burn from a cold stove we are getting excessive amounts of smoke visibly coming from the surface of the outer wall. Definitely smells like the paint from the pipe, and not smoke from the wood burning. Even had the smoke alarm come on today as it filled the house and had to open doors up for awhile.
Due to the design of this stove there is no baffle to impinge the flames or reroute it with the damper open. You can see straight up the flue from the doors.
There is now alot of discoloration of the outer pipe wall as well that you may can see from the pics. I will admit that I have been burning pallet wood lately and I do not have a pipe thermometer.
I guess my questions are what is causing this?
How dangerous is it?
How long will this happen?
Is my stove pipe ruined and need to be replaced?
Thanks a bunch
Due to the design of this stove there is no baffle to impinge the flames or reroute it with the damper open. You can see straight up the flue from the doors.
There is now alot of discoloration of the outer pipe wall as well that you may can see from the pics. I will admit that I have been burning pallet wood lately and I do not have a pipe thermometer.
I guess my questions are what is causing this?
How dangerous is it?
How long will this happen?
Is my stove pipe ruined and need to be replaced?
Thanks a bunch