I just bought a house with a pellet stove insert in the fireplace on the main floow. The chimney is capped and the pellet stove is vented out the side of the house. The vent angles down, as I am told is the proper configuration. We ran the stove for am few weeks with good results. We have just had three days of heavy rain and wind, during which time I didn't need to use the stove as the temp was quite mild. I just went to fire it up and when I opened the hopper, it looks like the pellets got wet, cause all I have in there now is moist sawdust. At first I thought water was leaking down through the chimney and I would have to have the whole thing opened up, but then I realized that maybe the high wind and rain forced some water and moisture in through the vent to get at the pellets. It has rained before since I bought the house and the pellets were fine, but the last few days we had like 100 ml of rain and gust of 80 kmh winds.
I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this during heavy rain/wind?
I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this during heavy rain/wind?