My stove is choking. Help please

[starbuck7290]

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?

 

[Egbert Souse']

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.

 

[begreen]

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.

 

[GG Woody]

Can you verify that you're chimney cap is clear?

 

[Murray01]

Is there a clean out Tee outside with a loose cap at the bottom of the Tee?

 

[starbuck7290]

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 a see if it perks up a lot. Or get a bundle of dry firewood at the grocery store and try that out.

Yup, you are right. I tried that and it works.

 

[begreen]

I'm sorry that the wood has turned out to be not ready to burn, but it can be saved, top-covered, for next year. I'm not sure if it will be possible to find good, truly seasoned, firewood at this date in the Boston area. I find some sites offering kiln-dried. If it is really fully seasoned, it will be expensive.

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As an alternative, the stove could be run on good quality, compressed sawdust fuel this year.
It looks like the Tractor Supply sells a wide variety of products. Their Redstone fire bricks are decent, and the HomeFire logs are very good. Avoid the cheaper, flakey sawdust logs. They burn up quickly and make an ashy mess.

Here is another HomeFire seller
BOSTON BURNS LLC
12 Linscott Road, Suite B
Woburn, MA 01801United States
PHONE: 617-438-7153
EMAIL: Timothy@bostonburns.com

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Yup, you are right. I tried that and it works.

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