Hello All!
My husband and I have been using our Clydesdale wood Insert (purchased new Apr 11) to cut down on our oil costs. Everything was going great. Maintains the 2400 sf house built in the 1840s in mid 60s and is a BEAUTIFUL stove.
It suddenly started back drafting into the house yesterday. We have had no issues, burn it 24/7, except to clean out ash ~once/week. We have burnt a mix of ash, maple, oak, and cherry. Some of the bigger logs admittedly could have used another year of seasoning. We have used just under 3 cords of wood. Big hot fire every morning, as recommended in Owners Manual.
We had a chimney service come and they found the cap plugged severely with creosote and a sizable amount of it at the top of the chimney. This company stated that the wrong liner was used for our application. We have a flexible liner, insulated top to bottom. It was installed by a sub from the place we bought our stove. This company (different, the ones that came to service today) said that is not the correct liner for this application and that we should have a heavier gauged liner. They showed me their product, but I don't know the gauge of what we have or their proposed product.
My question is - is it reasonable that after less than 4 months of burning we would have this level of problem? Also - is the flexible SS chimney liner really a no-no for us? Any thoughts and perspective would be greatly appreciated.
My husband and I have been using our Clydesdale wood Insert (purchased new Apr 11) to cut down on our oil costs. Everything was going great. Maintains the 2400 sf house built in the 1840s in mid 60s and is a BEAUTIFUL stove.
It suddenly started back drafting into the house yesterday. We have had no issues, burn it 24/7, except to clean out ash ~once/week. We have burnt a mix of ash, maple, oak, and cherry. Some of the bigger logs admittedly could have used another year of seasoning. We have used just under 3 cords of wood. Big hot fire every morning, as recommended in Owners Manual.
We had a chimney service come and they found the cap plugged severely with creosote and a sizable amount of it at the top of the chimney. This company stated that the wrong liner was used for our application. We have a flexible liner, insulated top to bottom. It was installed by a sub from the place we bought our stove. This company (different, the ones that came to service today) said that is not the correct liner for this application and that we should have a heavier gauged liner. They showed me their product, but I don't know the gauge of what we have or their proposed product.
My question is - is it reasonable that after less than 4 months of burning we would have this level of problem? Also - is the flexible SS chimney liner really a no-no for us? Any thoughts and perspective would be greatly appreciated.