Hello,
I recently upgraded from a soapstone stove to a Blaze King Princess (it's one year old now) and after a few months of use my wife called me in a panic one day saying that smoke was coming from the back of the stove and it was leaking black stuff. So I came home and saw the cat was plugged and after cleaning the stove out and checking the stove pipe everything looked fine. I switched from burning Birch that had only dried for 1 season to 2 season Spruce that is quartered. The stove started to do the same smoking again today. I always keep the stove in the active range and I always load it up full when I load it with wood. What could be the problem here? Is my wood causing it? How can I fix this other than just cleaning the stove out? Will burning a hot fire with damper and door open clear it?
I recently upgraded from a soapstone stove to a Blaze King Princess (it's one year old now) and after a few months of use my wife called me in a panic one day saying that smoke was coming from the back of the stove and it was leaking black stuff. So I came home and saw the cat was plugged and after cleaning the stove out and checking the stove pipe everything looked fine. I switched from burning Birch that had only dried for 1 season to 2 season Spruce that is quartered. The stove started to do the same smoking again today. I always keep the stove in the active range and I always load it up full when I load it with wood. What could be the problem here? Is my wood causing it? How can I fix this other than just cleaning the stove out? Will burning a hot fire with damper and door open clear it?