So, Im well into my 2nd month with my EKO 40. I'm getting much better burns and less smoking out of the door. I achieve this by letting it burn open for 20 to 30 minutes after adding any wood before shutting it down. So I've pretty much solved the smoking problem but now my house gets filled up with some kind of invisible wood gas even when its been burning great for hours. Is it a draft issue? Perhaps my stairwell is competing with the chimney for draft, but its definitely not an issue of having a "too tight" house. i even leave my basement door open to make sure there is plenty of outside air in the basement. So should I try to seal off my stairwell?
I suggested to Zenon that it could be a faulty door seal. After swearing up and down that i am crazy and I don't know what I'm talking about he sent me a new door seal for free. :|? After receiving the new seal I noted that it is completely different from my existing one. Its a big, thick silicon coated rope. Apparently an upgrade. This is looking suspiciously like a known issue. So now the process begins of pulling teeth to get Zenon to give me some idea how to replace this door seal since even the local gassification gurus have never heard of it.
I suggested to Zenon that it could be a faulty door seal. After swearing up and down that i am crazy and I don't know what I'm talking about he sent me a new door seal for free. :|? After receiving the new seal I noted that it is completely different from my existing one. Its a big, thick silicon coated rope. Apparently an upgrade. This is looking suspiciously like a known issue. So now the process begins of pulling teeth to get Zenon to give me some idea how to replace this door seal since even the local gassification gurus have never heard of it.