My 11 month old leyden is leaking tar out of the connection between the stove and the upper pipe collar.lt formed a puddle on the hearth.I burn it hard and cut back at night.Do you think it should be covered under warrentee?
Lopi Leyden Leaking
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JPETRO01051, welcome to the forum.
When you say tar, I'm assuming creosote, which means your wood is less than ideal.
Now I'm not sure about how it's leaking out of the pipe connection, but creosote shouldn't be in that pipe at all.
I noticed some dribble in my ash pan last year when low burning marginal wood.
How long has your wood been cut, split, and stacked? What species? Could this be rainwater?
When you say tar, I'm assuming creosote, which means your wood is less than ideal.
Now I'm not sure about how it's leaking out of the pipe connection, but creosote shouldn't be in that pipe at all.
I noticed some dribble in my ash pan last year when low burning marginal wood.
How long has your wood been cut, split, and stacked? What species? Could this be rainwater?
The wood is stacked and seasoned the stove company took a sample to get a water content on it today.There is no way this should leak out,if it stayed in the pipe it would go into the secondary combustor and reburn.I have had avalon,garrison,vermont castings,lennox and now lopi.I am a Career Fire Captain Here in town for 32 years and have never seen anything like this.They are going to replace the gasket between the pipe neck connector and the body of the stove.It is dripping from there traveling down the stove between the heat shield and the back of the stove and dripping on the hearth.Absolutely Crazy!
Well if it turns out the wood is ok maybe your stove is stalling out in the secondary combustion mode and causing the creosote? These type of down draft stoves have been known to be finicky and need very dry wood and excellent draft to operate correctly. Many people here have complained about baby sitting these stoves to keep them from stalling. Do you monitor the stove top and stack temps? How tall is your chimney, any elbows in the pipe?
And this isn't the first post I've read about a Leyden leaking creosote down on the hearth. I'll try to find the other.
Like I said, my stalls with marginal wood nearly did the same last year. I had creosote running into the ash pan.
I'm with Todd. It's probably stalling and soting up the back of the stove and lower part of the flue.
But do keep us posted on the wood test.
Like I said, my stalls with marginal wood nearly did the same last year. I had creosote running into the ash pan.
I'm with Todd. It's probably stalling and soting up the back of the stove and lower part of the flue.
But do keep us posted on the wood test.
Could be the wood is okay but the burn is stalling for other reasons, too, like too few coals or shutting back the air too far/too fast. If the stove is cranking as designed, shouldn't be much if any creosote, regardless of whether it leaks out of the stove/pipe or stays inside. I'd focus less on the leaking, or the gasket between the connector and the stove, and focus more on whatever operational fixes can be made to eliminate the creosote altogether.
Sounds like wet wood and low temps and perhaps a weak draft combined to create some nasty creosote.. How long has your wood been seasoned?
Ray
Ray
branchburner said:
+1 What Branchburner said. Get the stove burning right, and creosote won't be an issue.
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