I have the hearthstone Shelburnrne. Installed it three years ago. Starting this year, it has been having problem. The fire is so slow. So I had a chimney sweep done last week. It works for one week and now it stop working. The fire can’t be started. I do t know what’s going on. Is there any reliable wood stove help out there in south shore Ma area?
My stove is choking. Help please
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I see you have the bypass door open and the stove door as well. This leads me to believe that your wood supply is too wet, or you're putting too large a log on before the chimney is hot. Did the chimney sweep company clean your catalysts? I have a similar stove. When I clean my catalysts I also vacuum out the air inlet at the front of the stove, sometimes ashes get in that hole and plug it up a bit.
A poorly seasoned batch of wood is the first thing to check on. Try adding some known, dry wood like 2x4 cutoffs to the fire an see if it perks up a lot. Or get a bundle of dry firewood at the grocery store and try that out.
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