Need help troubleshooting a smell. This winter/spring, I've been smelling an occasional slightly chemical but mostly sweet smell outside when I have a fire. Not inside, just outside when I take my dogs out. Almost like a perfume, but slightly chemical.
This season, I've been burning Idaho Energy Logs and one quarter of a Super Cedar exclusively. So my wood is consistent and bone dry. Typically, run my flue temp up to about 700 before turning down where it settles at 550 - 600. Stove top peaks between 600 - 700 before settling in at 550. I've got it dialed like a science.
I've inspected the Chimney from the roof and I don't see any signs of burning or melting. Creosote is a very thin, dry friable texture. Outer wall flue temps range from 200ish at the bottom to 150 - 175 where the pipe meets the ceiling. I do see whisps of smoke during peak burn where there is usually no visible smoke at all, but not much.
Other factors to consider: the previous homeowners who renovated my home installed a rubber lined, commercial roof. By the home inspector's account, it's a higher quality, more durable roof than most residential homes, and when I had the stove installed, the installer subcontracted a specialist in the roofs to install and seal the exterior pipe.
Maybe it's off gassing a bit when it heats up?
I read the thread about the guy with the Vermont catalytic stove but that didn't give me much more info. Just posting in case someone else has this issue or experience with it?
This season, I've been burning Idaho Energy Logs and one quarter of a Super Cedar exclusively. So my wood is consistent and bone dry. Typically, run my flue temp up to about 700 before turning down where it settles at 550 - 600. Stove top peaks between 600 - 700 before settling in at 550. I've got it dialed like a science.
I've inspected the Chimney from the roof and I don't see any signs of burning or melting. Creosote is a very thin, dry friable texture. Outer wall flue temps range from 200ish at the bottom to 150 - 175 where the pipe meets the ceiling. I do see whisps of smoke during peak burn where there is usually no visible smoke at all, but not much.
Other factors to consider: the previous homeowners who renovated my home installed a rubber lined, commercial roof. By the home inspector's account, it's a higher quality, more durable roof than most residential homes, and when I had the stove installed, the installer subcontracted a specialist in the roofs to install and seal the exterior pipe.
Maybe it's off gassing a bit when it heats up?
I read the thread about the guy with the Vermont catalytic stove but that didn't give me much more info. Just posting in case someone else has this issue or experience with it?
