Hello all,
I closed on my house with this giant bugger last week, and immediately had the local chimney cleaners come out to give it a cleaning and a once-over. They cleaned it out, said she was good to go and left.
So I started a fire today, and have been having a bit of a backdraft issue. There was smoke on the rock façade above the fireplace, so I'm guessing this may be par for the course, but I'm hoping i can put the kebash on it. After putting around these forums, I read the(if you're new to burning" section, and saw the recommendation about cracking a window, so I opened a sliding door ajar, which alleviated a lot of the issue, but there's still a puff or two every now and then and a definite smoky smell.
The fireplace is 68" wide, 43" tall. However the actual wood burning area is only 39" wide. It has dual dampers totaling 5' and they're both open. It's a funky shape, and I'm sure that's working against me.... Any tips or tricks? I'd love to button up the house and burn full-tilt without having to crack open a door and loose all my heat. I'm guessing the rotisserie opening is working against me, but not certain.
it's 67F in the house, 34F outside.
Any Ideas?
And thanks in advance!
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I closed on my house with this giant bugger last week, and immediately had the local chimney cleaners come out to give it a cleaning and a once-over. They cleaned it out, said she was good to go and left.
So I started a fire today, and have been having a bit of a backdraft issue. There was smoke on the rock façade above the fireplace, so I'm guessing this may be par for the course, but I'm hoping i can put the kebash on it. After putting around these forums, I read the(if you're new to burning" section, and saw the recommendation about cracking a window, so I opened a sliding door ajar, which alleviated a lot of the issue, but there's still a puff or two every now and then and a definite smoky smell.
The fireplace is 68" wide, 43" tall. However the actual wood burning area is only 39" wide. It has dual dampers totaling 5' and they're both open. It's a funky shape, and I'm sure that's working against me.... Any tips or tricks? I'd love to button up the house and burn full-tilt without having to crack open a door and loose all my heat. I'm guessing the rotisserie opening is working against me, but not certain.
it's 67F in the house, 34F outside.
Any Ideas?
And thanks in advance!
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