Hello all! After some frustration I stumbled upon this site and am glad I did!
I live in an old house- 1795, which had some fireplaces converted to wood stoves about 9 years ago. At that time both chimneys were restored on the exterior and interior.
The house has two floors above ground with an English basement. The bedrooms are on the top floor, the middle floor is the parlor and bedroom, and the basement has the kitchen and dining room.
All of the converted stoves have flue pipe running out of the back of the stoves 2' to a 90, then one 4' section vertically into the existing chimney. The is no damper plate nor is the opening sealed. These were installed by a certified installer, although the more I read I may be needing to revisit their correctness.
The bedrooms run Jotul F602's with no issue. The kitchen has a Jotul F 100 and heats as one would imagine.
My father in law lives with us and stakes his claim to the middle floor. In previous years he would retire to the parlor and finish his evening reading next to a fire- freezing his tail off! The original design was a Rumford style but was "boogered" up when the linings were done, and never heated well afterwards. He had a Jotul F100 in his bedroom but refused to use it. I should mention he is a Marine, might explain some things!
Anyhow, he is up in years now and since most of his time is spent in the parlor we decided to move the stove in there this year. I relocated it and reassembled everything as it was in the bedroom. Since he rarely had a fire in that room, on that floor, I do not have a reference to its previous performance.
What I can tell you is that we experience what I think is poor draft- I went through the stickies and it seems likely that is the problem. Fire lights well with door open and monitored, yet once the door is closed the fire dies out unless the door is cracked.
The manual references the pipe extending into the first flue, and according to the diagram they provide this is done. I am thinking that the pipe should be extended by another 4' section.
What are your thoughts?
Sorry this was so long winded!
I live in an old house- 1795, which had some fireplaces converted to wood stoves about 9 years ago. At that time both chimneys were restored on the exterior and interior.
The house has two floors above ground with an English basement. The bedrooms are on the top floor, the middle floor is the parlor and bedroom, and the basement has the kitchen and dining room.
All of the converted stoves have flue pipe running out of the back of the stoves 2' to a 90, then one 4' section vertically into the existing chimney. The is no damper plate nor is the opening sealed. These were installed by a certified installer, although the more I read I may be needing to revisit their correctness.
The bedrooms run Jotul F602's with no issue. The kitchen has a Jotul F 100 and heats as one would imagine.
My father in law lives with us and stakes his claim to the middle floor. In previous years he would retire to the parlor and finish his evening reading next to a fire- freezing his tail off! The original design was a Rumford style but was "boogered" up when the linings were done, and never heated well afterwards. He had a Jotul F100 in his bedroom but refused to use it. I should mention he is a Marine, might explain some things!
Anyhow, he is up in years now and since most of his time is spent in the parlor we decided to move the stove in there this year. I relocated it and reassembled everything as it was in the bedroom. Since he rarely had a fire in that room, on that floor, I do not have a reference to its previous performance.
What I can tell you is that we experience what I think is poor draft- I went through the stickies and it seems likely that is the problem. Fire lights well with door open and monitored, yet once the door is closed the fire dies out unless the door is cracked.
The manual references the pipe extending into the first flue, and according to the diagram they provide this is done. I am thinking that the pipe should be extended by another 4' section.
What are your thoughts?
Sorry this was so long winded!
