Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help diagnose a problem that I've had over the past week or so. I use a Lopi Revere insert in a masonry chimney. There is a stainless steel 6" liner going up to the top of the stack, which is approximately 22' from the base, so plenty of draft from what I can tell.
About a week ago I pulled the stove out a bit to put some Roxul on the inside of the fireplace cavity and it is pressed quite tightly against the stove. I also pushed some up onto the shelf surrounding the liner (which isn't lined) until I can fabricate a proper block plate. At the same time I also ran a Sooteater up the liner since I know the wood I've been burning isn't the best (about 6-8 months seasoned).
The stove does great and I have no issue in getting it to temperature and it can cruise along at 400-500 for quite a while. The issue I've been having however is that the blower (Lopi blower) seems to be pushing cold air out into the room. There is a noticeable difference from when we first put the stove in.
I did notice that the chimney cap is no longer squarely put onto chimney. It is dislodged either from a pretty bad wind storm we had last week or possibly from the angle of the sooteater when I cleaned out the stack. Looking at the cap from our second floor skylight, it looks like the installers just used a black adhesive in lieu of actually screwing it to the top of the chimney. With that being said, I have them coming back out on Tuesday to re-attach it since the installation is less than a month old.
Any ideas on where the noticeably cold air is coming from with regards to the blower? I can still heat the house up to 70 or so, but not the 75+ that it was getting to a week ago.
Thanks!
I'm hoping someone can help diagnose a problem that I've had over the past week or so. I use a Lopi Revere insert in a masonry chimney. There is a stainless steel 6" liner going up to the top of the stack, which is approximately 22' from the base, so plenty of draft from what I can tell.
About a week ago I pulled the stove out a bit to put some Roxul on the inside of the fireplace cavity and it is pressed quite tightly against the stove. I also pushed some up onto the shelf surrounding the liner (which isn't lined) until I can fabricate a proper block plate. At the same time I also ran a Sooteater up the liner since I know the wood I've been burning isn't the best (about 6-8 months seasoned).
The stove does great and I have no issue in getting it to temperature and it can cruise along at 400-500 for quite a while. The issue I've been having however is that the blower (Lopi blower) seems to be pushing cold air out into the room. There is a noticeable difference from when we first put the stove in.
I did notice that the chimney cap is no longer squarely put onto chimney. It is dislodged either from a pretty bad wind storm we had last week or possibly from the angle of the sooteater when I cleaned out the stack. Looking at the cap from our second floor skylight, it looks like the installers just used a black adhesive in lieu of actually screwing it to the top of the chimney. With that being said, I have them coming back out on Tuesday to re-attach it since the installation is less than a month old.
Any ideas on where the noticeably cold air is coming from with regards to the blower? I can still heat the house up to 70 or so, but not the 75+ that it was getting to a week ago.
Thanks!
