Drip drip then smelled woodsmoke

[cc rangeley]

My wood stove chimney pipe leaked tonight - a drip fell from the box at the ceiling then ran down the 20 feet or so of pipe (cathedral ceiling). This happened once before and the installer fixed something around the flashing. After the drip stopped, I loaded up the stove and smelled woodsmoke inside about a half hour later. It's very windy and rainy tonight. Ive never smelled smoke inside before. Do you think there's connection between the drip & the smoke?

 

[xtrordinair]

the wind might be affecting your draw and blowing rain into places it doesnt normally get into like the cap.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Are there vents under your storm collar?

 

[cableman]

Some times water can get into the vertical seam on the class A and travel right past the storm collar. I siliconed this seam on the one going through the roof.

 

[cc rangeley]

Are there vents under your storm collar?

I dont know! But the update is that the smoke smell was brief and did not continue during the night. I noticed it the most in the area where the het goes - on my stairwell. Maybe it was a fluke with the high winds and heavy rain - plus leak.

 

[cc rangeley]

Some times water can get into the vertical seam on the class A and travel right past the storm collar. I siliconed this seam on the one going through the roof.

That might explain the drip, but could that cause a smoke leak inside too?

 

[cableman]

Not sure on the smoke smell, prolly just the weather conditions

 

[tcassavaugh]

smoke smell may have been caused by a change in wind direction and may have been coming through, although minutely, one of the windows or doorway. when the wind swirls, I sometimes get some smoke smell and I check the stove only to find its not coming from it. the leaking....that happens every once in awhile to me too, never when the stove was going only when it was raining like a son of a gun.
light the stove....dry it out next time it happens.

 

[bag of hammers]

smoke smell may have been caused by a change in wind direction and may have been coming through, although minutely, one of the windows or doorway. when the wind swirls,

same thing here - if the condistions are "right", the smoke from a re-load will travel across the roof line / valley, and end up in the area outside my kitchen. If I have that window open just a crack for fresh air it can draw a bit of wood smoke smell in. Not much, and not often, but it does happen.

 

[billb3]

My sister has a oil furnace in a utility room.
When the wind and weather is just right and the furnace is not running the furnace's chimney will actually suck a tiny bit of wood smoke exitiing the other chimney of the wood stove burning on the other end of the house.


My oil furnace has outside air intake and exhaust with no chimney.
Theoretically no effect on wood stove draft.

 

[begreen]

I'm concerned with flue temp loss in this long run of pipe. Is this 20 ft of connector pipe single or double-wall pipe?

 

[Heatsource]

dripping tar getting hot on the connector?

if the storm collar or pipe isn't leaking water i'd inspect the connection at the ceiling

 

[cc rangeley]

I'm concerned with flue temp loss in this long run of pipe. Is this 20 ft of connector pipe single or double-wall pipe?

It's double-wall insulated.

 

[cc rangeley]

Some times water can get into the vertical seam on the class A and travel right past the storm collar. I siliconed this seam on the one going through the roof.

You were right. My chimney guy came by yesterday & noted lack of sealant around the collar, so he fixed it. Thanks for your input.