Well, now I've told my age. 
My stove runs perfectly 99.9% of the time, then occasionally, not very often, I damper too much, ( Resulting in not enough oxygen, which results in a "mini explosion").
It rewards me by "puffing" a slight bit out the pipe "damper holes" after the flu gases build up within the stove.
The damper holes are of course above where the pipe joins my stove exit on top.
What's funny is it barely ignites the stove gases, just a tiny little "Puff", but thats enough to send a little puff through the holes.
This is not a big deal, very little smoke, hardly enough to even smell.
I plan to try to solve this by doing the following and wanted some opinions as to the chances of it working.
First, my pipes are clean as a whistle. They are not caulked or sealed in any way. They have never leaked smoke at any of the joints except the damper holes.
I plan to change the damper section with a solid section, no holes, so surely no puffs will escape here, the flu gas that I occasionally cause should just expand right on up the pipe, past the damper holes.
Am I correct in thinking this ? Will this work ?
Robbie
My stove runs perfectly 99.9% of the time, then occasionally, not very often, I damper too much, ( Resulting in not enough oxygen, which results in a "mini explosion").
It rewards me by "puffing" a slight bit out the pipe "damper holes" after the flu gases build up within the stove.
The damper holes are of course above where the pipe joins my stove exit on top.
What's funny is it barely ignites the stove gases, just a tiny little "Puff", but thats enough to send a little puff through the holes.
This is not a big deal, very little smoke, hardly enough to even smell.
I plan to try to solve this by doing the following and wanted some opinions as to the chances of it working.
First, my pipes are clean as a whistle. They are not caulked or sealed in any way. They have never leaked smoke at any of the joints except the damper holes.
I plan to change the damper section with a solid section, no holes, so surely no puffs will escape here, the flu gas that I occasionally cause should just expand right on up the pipe, past the damper holes.
Am I correct in thinking this ? Will this work ?
Robbie
