Chimney fire

[Will1019]

Just took out the DutchWest stove and hooked up a new blaze King. Not sure what I did wrong but I had sparks coming out of the chimney and the pipe was glowing red hot. Z flex chimney pipe any help would be greatly appreciated Picture of liner attached to blaze King.

 

[bholler]

Just took out the DutchWest stove and hooked up a new blaze King. Not sure what I did wrong but I had sparks coming out of the chimney and the pipe was glowing red hot. Z flex chimney pipe any help would be greatly appreciated Picture of liner attached to blaze King.

How long were you burning before this happened

 

[Will1019]

About one hour did not even have a chance to Close the bypass.

 

[bholler]

About one hour did not even have a chance to Close the bypass.

Was their processing oil in the liner?

 

[weatherguy]

An hour without closing the bypass is pretty long, even on a cold start its take me 20 minutes.

 

[Will1019]

No oil was in the liner.

 

[bholler]

No oil was in the liner.

Was the chimney properly cleaned before installing the liner?

 

[Will1019]

Yes just had it cleaned.

 

[Wildbilljp]

Why would it take 1 hour running the stove before closing the by-pass?

 

[bholler]

Because if there was no oil in the liner and it hadn't been burnt through before there would be nothing inside it to burn

 

[bholler]

Yes just had it cleaned.

Ok but was it cleaned properly? I am just trying to figure out what was burning

 

[bholler]

And yes an hour is way to long to burn with the bypass open

 

[moresnow]

Old residue burning off due to a long overdue bypass being open. My guess.

 

[bholler]

Old residue burning off due to a long overdue bypass being open. My guess.

Yes but it was a brand new liner

 

[begreen]

Sounds like the stove was running like an old locomotive without a spark arrestor.

 

[jetsam]

Yes but it was a brand new liner

OP does not say that it was a new liner, only a new stove. I'm guessing that the old crud in the liner was burning after an hour of flames shooting straight up it.

 

[ratsrepus]

as been talked about here previously, when the bypass is open on a BK, the flames can shoot right up the chimney. Shouldn't be necessary to keep the bypass open that long

 

[begreen]

Just took out the DutchWest stove and hooked up a new blaze King. Not sure what I did wrong but I had sparks coming out of the chimney and the pipe was glowing red hot. Z flex chimney pipe any help would be greatly appreciated Picture of liner attached to blaze King.

Will1019 New liner or old liner, but new stove?

 

[moresnow]

Guess I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) it was a new stove install on a existing liner since the liner did not appear to be called out as new? Maybe the OP will stop in and comment. It would be interesting to know. Merry Xmas everybody!

 

[aansorge]

There must have still been creosote in the liner after the cleaning otherwise there would be nothing to burn.

I have a blaze king and have noticed that if you leave the by-pass open very long, the chimney gets hot quick. I reload and drink coffee. Wait for the temp to get right around the active zone and close the damper.

 

[BKVP]

Leaving bypass open can also damage the new stove....

 

[MissMac]

About one hour did not even have a chance to Close the bypass.

Something about this doesn’t sound right. Even from a cold start I can get the cat active within 20 minutes. Having the bypass open for one hour seems excessive and could have been what caused your pipe to get so hot. Are you trying to burn wet wood? Was your needle still inactive at one hour? Is it calibrated? Need more info, but something isn’t jiving here.

 

[RandyBoBandy]

If it’s a new stove shouldn’t there be a series of small break in fires? Which during these break in fires does it get hot enough to close the bypass? Which than does a break in fire even get hot enough to start a chimney fire?

 

[kennyp2339]

My 2 cents - the pic of the liner doesn't show to much discoloring, my concern is if the liner was either brand new or thoroughly cleaned then perhaps the stove was over drafting causing sparks / embers to be able to travel up the whole system and out the cap. If that's the case then the new owner will be fighting this stove until they can get the draft situation under control. Remember the draft should be .05"h20 while a fire is running at the highest t-stat setting and the by-pass is closed.

 

[moresnow]

If that's the case then the new owner will be fighting this stove until they can get the draft situation under control

Turn down the stat to reduce useable air while in open bypass mode? Should be able to cure his issue I would think. Worth a try for sure.