I'm having some issues with water dripping out of my chimney onto my basement floor. My chimney is a brand new masonry chimney that is located on the side of my house. My house is a single story so the chimney is only about 18ft. tall. The main vertical part of the chimney is 13 inch square clay tile and it has an 8 inch clay tile going into the side of it from my basement. hooked into the 8 inch horizontal run is my forced air wood furnace. The wood furnace has an 8 inch outlet on the back of it. Everything was going fine for the first couple of fires until I got up one night to add some wood and saw a big puddle of brown water on my basement floor. as it turns out the water was dripping out of the clay pipe sticking out of the basement wall. I called and asked the guy that built the chimney what could be causing this and he told me it was condensation from me burning wet wood. He told me to just make sure that I get a good hot fire going and make sure the wood is dry. Sounded good to me so I went to my wood supply and picked out the splits that were really dry. I've got a good amount of wood that is seasoned well with some stuff that is questionable mixed in. After about a week of using the stove every night after work it started leaking again. This time instead of just dripping it would alternate between a steady stream and dripping! I know the wood I'm burning is dry! The worst part about this water is the smell. I've got my metal ash bucket on the floor now to catch it when this happens but it still worries me. I have no idea where all this water is coming from. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what could be causing this and how to fix it?
Thanx in advance, Micah
Thanx in advance, Micah