Does your stove develop condensation on glass if you don't use it?

[RickBlaine]

How do you keep cold out of your stove if you are not using it (or does it not matter?) If your stove is connected to a stainless steel insulated chimney liner, and you do not use the stove for a few days, technically, the inside of the cold stove is "connected" to the cold outside air.

Does the stove glass develop condensation if you are only heating your home with natural gas/propane/oil for a few days?

 

[Highbeam]

No. While the inside of the stove is connected to the outside cold air if you were a bumble bee, the temperature of the air in the stove does not match that of the outside air.

To get a cold stove in your warm house you would need a flow of cold air into the stove as well as a flow of air out. With no fire, there is nothing powering this draft. Your warm room air will warm the stove so you won't get condensation.

 

[firefighterjake]

Not an issue.

 

[Chimney Smoke]

I actually still have a slight upward draft when my stove is cold.

 

[RickBlaine]

Thank you! Learn something new everyday here.