Air from under the Buck Stove

[smooth]

Hey everyone

I have had this BuckStove since last year, and this windy winter when I am not burning any wood, I noticed it gets super cold in my living room (where the Buck Stove is located).

I did the paper test and found that most of the cold air was coming from bottom of the Buck Stove, even when I have the flue closed. Is there something I can put underneath the Buck Stove? I marked the areas of the cold air in the picture.

Thanks in advance

 

[crater22]

My first year of burning with my Buck 91, I had a lot of over fires due to my stupidity and being new. I had to roll up some aluminum foil in a long tube fashion, to stick under the Buck to keep it from getting air after I closed all the other vents. Try that and if its a really cold stove (and you are darn sure of that, you could try some old towels rolled up. Hope that helps. I am sure others will be along shortly.

 

[Woody Stover]

Is there a stainless liner installed? If so, have you got a block-off plate in the chimney above the top of the stove to keep cold air from coming down between the stainless liner and the chimney liner? If not, do you have a direct-connect setup (stove pipe up to the clay liner of the chimney, with a block-off plate there?) The only other way that much cold air can come down is if you have a "slammer install" which would allow cold air to come down through the chimney into the fireplace.

 

[mellow]

You will need to pull the trim panels off to see the exact source of the cold air, they might be screwed to the insert.

You can find the manual for that Model 21 at the link below that will help you get the trim panels off (see page 8).
(broken link removed to http://www.buckstove.com/manuals/wood/21/21%20Manual-(01%2010%202013)-(JG%20TM).pdf)