Liner is too small ?

[jmack]

Hi all new here and I'm in need of help. I have a 9 tube free flow wood stove and I just recently installed a stainless liner in my chimney. I ordered a 5.5inch insulated liner as this was the biggest I could fit in my chimney. I can't tell what is going on. I can only run the stove with the front damper bearly cracked. If I try to turn it up the stove starts to chug and back puff. From reading all I can tell this is usually caused by lack of draft or too wet or too dry of wood. I've experimented with different wood to no effect. Which leaves me with bad draft. Which is really heart braking because I can't come up with any way to fix this short of buliding a new chimney. This is my only heat and a fire temp of 300-350 isn't going to cut it when it's 0 outside.

Thanks for any help

 

[chimneylinerjames]

The 5.5" liner will reduce draft a little but it shouldn't be significant. Every setup is different. How tall is the chimney? What is the stove pipe setup?

 

[BrotherBart]

9" inch down to 5.5" inch is necking it down way to far. What stove are we talking about here and as James says tell us about the chimney setup. Height, type of connection from the stove etc.

 

[chimneylinerjames]

This is a 9" outlet on the stove"? You always need to use the same size liner as the flue outlet on the stove.

 

[BrotherBart]

OK. Now I get it. You have a nine tube Bullerjan stove. The exhaust on that stove should be five or six inches max.

 

[chimneylinerjames]

Ok this makes more sense, I thought 9" sounded a little crazy. What an interesting style stove.

 

[jmack]

Ok it's a 30 ft chimney that is made of red brick and had a clay tile liner that failed the I'd was 11.5x 6.75. My stove has a 6inch pipe that necks down right at the stainless liner.

 

[jmack]

The most confusing part is I can run the stove with the door open an inch and get just the performance I need. It's just when I shut the door all hell brakes loose.

 

[geoxman]

I always did like the look of those stoves. With a 30ft chimney I would bank on the fuel being too wet. JMHO and where are you located?

 

[jmack]

I'm located in Maine it has been warm too. only lows of 30 this week.