Hey all, I'm hopping over here from the pellet department. We just bought a house 2 months ago that came with a pellet stove, that was so terribly vented and unmaintained. We got the stove in working order, sold it and moved on. We decided to go with a wood burning stove, as that is what both husband and I grew up with.
We got the US Stove Forester from our local tractor supply store. Sadly we got "seasoned" wood from a fella down the road. It is what I would consider partially seasoned. 90% of it sizzles when you put it in the stove. We are getting more from my aunts father in law in a couple days, but it too has been exposed to snow.
The set up we are workin with is 6 inch piping. We installed a damper due to a pretty crap down draft. Our chimney will need a liner come spring, but we moved in when it was already poor weather and getting a sweeper to do this work now is almost impossible. We did have one come out to investigate this chimney and our boilers chimney though. Just to make sure everything was kosher. When the pellet stove was hooked up he said it was way to big of a chimney for a pellet hook up, which I agreed with. Hence why we switched the set up. But it even seems to be far to big for the stove. The pipe coming out of the bricks is 8in. We had to buy a 8 to 6in reducer. I don't believe there is a liner in the actual chimney. Hubs said it is just the clay liner. It frosts over when it sits for awhile, which causes awful smoking when we first light a fire. So we try not to let it go out...but that causes a lot of low temp burns through the night....
I'm looking for advice because I've also noticed after just 8 days of having this stove and burning almost around the clock, when sitting on the couch which isn't far form the stove, you can smell this weird smokey smell. Only on the couch. I'm almost positive its from the down draft. Or is it a leaky pipe? The piping we used is the Imperial brand pipe also from tractor supply. This was all a pretty quick switch once we sold the pellet stove. Oil heating is SO expensive, and when it gets to be 20 below up here in Maine, it is raw and very drafty in the house. So when we can use the wood stove it is a blessing.
Do you think its a liner issue? Our chimney is at the right hight in comparison to the tallest peak on our roof.
Could it be the wood? We bring it inside and let it sit for a couple days next to the stove before burning to dry it out.
I know one thing is that my husband has to redo the pipe connecting to the wall. He didn't install it at a slight angle downward. It comes strait outwards and connects to the elbow and has another 11in pipe that goes to the stove. I read the instructions and it said to have the pipe connecting to the wall be angled down. He plans to fix it tomorrow. Not sure if that could cause any of this?
Ill also mention that a few days ago we were at the store. My 5 year old was in need of a hug, due to an issue. I went to give her a hug and could actually smell smoke in her hair....gross. Not cool. I mentioned it to husband...he said he can't smell anything at home. But I can? 5 year old was also complaining of a headache for 2 hours tonight. Her and I are home all day almost everyday. So I think something is def up. I appreciate any help! I can snap pics tomorrow if need be.
We got the US Stove Forester from our local tractor supply store. Sadly we got "seasoned" wood from a fella down the road. It is what I would consider partially seasoned. 90% of it sizzles when you put it in the stove. We are getting more from my aunts father in law in a couple days, but it too has been exposed to snow.
The set up we are workin with is 6 inch piping. We installed a damper due to a pretty crap down draft. Our chimney will need a liner come spring, but we moved in when it was already poor weather and getting a sweeper to do this work now is almost impossible. We did have one come out to investigate this chimney and our boilers chimney though. Just to make sure everything was kosher. When the pellet stove was hooked up he said it was way to big of a chimney for a pellet hook up, which I agreed with. Hence why we switched the set up. But it even seems to be far to big for the stove. The pipe coming out of the bricks is 8in. We had to buy a 8 to 6in reducer. I don't believe there is a liner in the actual chimney. Hubs said it is just the clay liner. It frosts over when it sits for awhile, which causes awful smoking when we first light a fire. So we try not to let it go out...but that causes a lot of low temp burns through the night....
I'm looking for advice because I've also noticed after just 8 days of having this stove and burning almost around the clock, when sitting on the couch which isn't far form the stove, you can smell this weird smokey smell. Only on the couch. I'm almost positive its from the down draft. Or is it a leaky pipe? The piping we used is the Imperial brand pipe also from tractor supply. This was all a pretty quick switch once we sold the pellet stove. Oil heating is SO expensive, and when it gets to be 20 below up here in Maine, it is raw and very drafty in the house. So when we can use the wood stove it is a blessing.
Do you think its a liner issue? Our chimney is at the right hight in comparison to the tallest peak on our roof.
Could it be the wood? We bring it inside and let it sit for a couple days next to the stove before burning to dry it out.
I know one thing is that my husband has to redo the pipe connecting to the wall. He didn't install it at a slight angle downward. It comes strait outwards and connects to the elbow and has another 11in pipe that goes to the stove. I read the instructions and it said to have the pipe connecting to the wall be angled down. He plans to fix it tomorrow. Not sure if that could cause any of this?
Ill also mention that a few days ago we were at the store. My 5 year old was in need of a hug, due to an issue. I went to give her a hug and could actually smell smoke in her hair....gross. Not cool. I mentioned it to husband...he said he can't smell anything at home. But I can? 5 year old was also complaining of a headache for 2 hours tonight. Her and I are home all day almost everyday. So I think something is def up. I appreciate any help! I can snap pics tomorrow if need be.