Hi all,
This is my first post on this forum. I recently purchased the Ashford 30 and burned it for a week. It was installed by a certified stove installer and he also installed a new stovepipe. Thus, every component of the system is brand new. Five of the seven days we had smoke coming into the house. Usually, my wife (who has very severe asthma) and I only smelled it, but once, it was so severe that we could see the smoke escaping from the stovepipe (and i videoed that). The stove installer has re-checked everything and he said that everything is just right but that we are not getting sufficient draft. We live near the top of a 1000' hill, but we do have many tall trees close to our house, which he said may create a downward curling of air that could cause back puffing if there is insufficient draft. Our old stove did not have a catalytic converter and had such good draft that we never had this problem in 10 years with that stove (we sent so much heat and smoke out the chimney with that old stove).
Have any of you had similar problems with draft with the Ashford 30 or similar stoves? More importantly, do any of you have suggestions for remedying this problem? We have ordered a "clover" cap that is supposed to create a venturi effect and thus more draft. Another option is a chimney draft inducer (electric fan on the top of the stovepipe to create draft). Have any of you used either of those? or anything else to create more draft?
I understand that burning hotter creates more draft - we had back puffing even on the high setting (and yes, the stove was always in the active zone).
thanks very much!
andre
This is my first post on this forum. I recently purchased the Ashford 30 and burned it for a week. It was installed by a certified stove installer and he also installed a new stovepipe. Thus, every component of the system is brand new. Five of the seven days we had smoke coming into the house. Usually, my wife (who has very severe asthma) and I only smelled it, but once, it was so severe that we could see the smoke escaping from the stovepipe (and i videoed that). The stove installer has re-checked everything and he said that everything is just right but that we are not getting sufficient draft. We live near the top of a 1000' hill, but we do have many tall trees close to our house, which he said may create a downward curling of air that could cause back puffing if there is insufficient draft. Our old stove did not have a catalytic converter and had such good draft that we never had this problem in 10 years with that stove (we sent so much heat and smoke out the chimney with that old stove).
Have any of you had similar problems with draft with the Ashford 30 or similar stoves? More importantly, do any of you have suggestions for remedying this problem? We have ordered a "clover" cap that is supposed to create a venturi effect and thus more draft. Another option is a chimney draft inducer (electric fan on the top of the stovepipe to create draft). Have any of you used either of those? or anything else to create more draft?
I understand that burning hotter creates more draft - we had back puffing even on the high setting (and yes, the stove was always in the active zone).
thanks very much!
andre
