We recently installed a Jotul 602. it's about 5 years old and in beautiful condition; I don't believe the previous owner used it more than a handful of times.
We've been using it daily for about 6 weeks, and most of the time it's great. Sometimes, on starting up from cold, a wee bit of smoke drifts out of the back corner, where the two "walls" of the firebox join, but as soon as the fire gets going, this stops.
Lately the weather has been warmer (40s) and rainy/windy. Last night I tried to start a fire, and did not have enough kindling. I tried anyway, but the combination of the outside temps, lack of kindling (could not get flame started properly), and possibly wind direction caused a huge smoky mess. When I gave up and closed/tamped the damper all the way shut (closed the stove up to the best of my ability) smoke still came gushing out of the stove at all the side joints, AND from around the "burner" on the top of the stove (not sure what you call it: the round cast iron thingy that can be lifted off. It just sits there, has no gasketing or anything...)
I'm wondering if this is OK, or if it means there's something unsafe going on with this stove.
Or, if its just a nuisance thing, how to repair it.
As I said, it behaves perfectly fine when the fire's going. We have a CO detector in the room and its never gone off.
Thanks!
We've been using it daily for about 6 weeks, and most of the time it's great. Sometimes, on starting up from cold, a wee bit of smoke drifts out of the back corner, where the two "walls" of the firebox join, but as soon as the fire gets going, this stops.
Lately the weather has been warmer (40s) and rainy/windy. Last night I tried to start a fire, and did not have enough kindling. I tried anyway, but the combination of the outside temps, lack of kindling (could not get flame started properly), and possibly wind direction caused a huge smoky mess. When I gave up and closed/tamped the damper all the way shut (closed the stove up to the best of my ability) smoke still came gushing out of the stove at all the side joints, AND from around the "burner" on the top of the stove (not sure what you call it: the round cast iron thingy that can be lifted off. It just sits there, has no gasketing or anything...)
I'm wondering if this is OK, or if it means there's something unsafe going on with this stove.
Or, if its just a nuisance thing, how to repair it.
As I said, it behaves perfectly fine when the fire's going. We have a CO detector in the room and its never gone off.
Thanks!