Country stove

[Mj1]

Bought this stove 4 years ago. The companies intaller placed stove too close to wall & inspector made them move it. First starting of stove filled room with smoke. Finally started stove without smoke & floor got so hot we had to let stove go out, heat shield was left off when installed. Heat shield was intalled & stove continued to leak off & on each year. We have increased the height of the out side pipe, removed the screen in the out side cap,(soot collects on it forcing smoke back down chimney), cut a tree down, taken pictures of smoke leaking from under stove & filling the house with no satisfaction from selling dealer. We had a Jones stove for years with no problems. This stove is either the Worst stove ever or faulty.

 

[begreen]

Country makes good, stout stoves. Sounds like a dealer issue initially.

How tall is the chimney now? Is this stove in a basement?

 

[Sprinter]

Welcome to the forum. Which model Country Stove do you have? Generally, Country is a well regarded stove (I nearly got one), so I'm inclined to think your problems are installation, burning technique or wood quality. After four years, your options are probably limited, but good chance the members here can help figure out the problems.

 

[Mj1]

Country makes good, stout stoves. Sounds like a dealer issue initially.

How tall is the chimney now? Is this stove in a basement?

Pipe inside home is 7 feet, 1 foot thru a vaulted ceiling & 3 ft on top of roof.

 

[Mj1]

Welcome to the forum. Which model Country Stove do you have? Generally, Country is a well regarded stove (I nearly got one), so I'm inclined to think your problems are installation, burning technique or wood quality. After four years, your options are probably limited, but good chance the members here can help figure out the problems.

SS210 os ST210 Don't remember....
Thank you.. Don't expect the dealer to help, haven't been helpful in all this time.

 

[Sprinter]

So the whole flue is only 11 ft? Is that right? If so, it's very short and may be causing such poor draft as to cause all your problems. Can you provide a pic of your installation and a little more specifics about it?

Generally, a flue height of less than maybe 13 ft is considered marginal depending on other factors.

Also does the chimney meet the 10-3-2 rule as illustrated in this pic: https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chimney-jpg.7192/

If the link is not clear, just google 10-3-2 rule for other examples.

 

[begreen]

Pipe inside home is 7 feet, 1 foot thru a vaulted ceiling & 3 ft on top of roof.

So 11 ft of flue total? That sounds pretty short.

 

[Sprinter]

My flue is 13' which many consider under-sized. But my stove is known for being forgiving in that regard and I have gotten away with it fine most times. I would think that 11' would be asking for smokey trouble.

But there are other factors to consider such as wood supply. Do you know the moisture content of your wood, for example?

 

[Sprinter]

Here is the manual for your ST210 stove. It's the one I came close to buying. Look it over carefully and see if any of the requirements may be an issue. I did note that their minimum flue requirement is 12' but as I said before, there are other factors.

(broken link removed to http://www.monroefireplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/s210-manual.pdf)

 

[mellow]

Is the pipe inside the home single wall or double wall?

 

[begreen]

I would add 3ft to the chimney. Altitude can also affect draft. If the nighttime temps are still low enough for a fire, on a calm day remove the chimney cap and take a 3-4 ft section of 6" warm air duct pipe and insert it into the chimney, crimp down, as a temporary extension. See if that improves performance. If so, add 3ft of chimney pipe and brace it at 5 ft..

 

[Heatsource]

country makes a great stove, and usually not too draft sensitive
but all new stoves are more draft sensitive than most old pre-epa models