hello,
I am new to the forum and to wood stoves as well. I recently installed a US stove APS1100 on the first floor of a 2-story house that runs through a duraplus through-wall kit and straight up a triple wall chimney that is 15' tall. I am having an issue with a very stinky house as the fire goes out and it continues when the fire is not burning. No problem at all when the stove is burning. We do not use the stove all the time, so this is not acceptable. I have narrowed the problem down to a depressurized house caused by my oil burning heater and/or stack effect. It seems that an outside air kit would help solve these problems, but it appears this kit is not applicable for this stove. Does anyone know why? There seems to be an obvious square shaped inlet (about .75" x 2" opening) on the back of the stove, which is where I can feel and smell air coming in from when the stove is not in use. Can I simply plumb this to the outside? If not, why? I called US stoves and it really seems that I know more about this particular stove then they do and all they can tell me is that my stove is not outside air compatible. Can anyone help with this, or offer any other suggestions to cure my stinky house problem?
Thanks!!
Michael
I am new to the forum and to wood stoves as well. I recently installed a US stove APS1100 on the first floor of a 2-story house that runs through a duraplus through-wall kit and straight up a triple wall chimney that is 15' tall. I am having an issue with a very stinky house as the fire goes out and it continues when the fire is not burning. No problem at all when the stove is burning. We do not use the stove all the time, so this is not acceptable. I have narrowed the problem down to a depressurized house caused by my oil burning heater and/or stack effect. It seems that an outside air kit would help solve these problems, but it appears this kit is not applicable for this stove. Does anyone know why? There seems to be an obvious square shaped inlet (about .75" x 2" opening) on the back of the stove, which is where I can feel and smell air coming in from when the stove is not in use. Can I simply plumb this to the outside? If not, why? I called US stoves and it really seems that I know more about this particular stove then they do and all they can tell me is that my stove is not outside air compatible. Can anyone help with this, or offer any other suggestions to cure my stinky house problem?
Thanks!!
Michael