Morning all. Well, the stove has been in for 5 days now, love it. I wish I was able to get more of the heat distributed around the house, but that is another issue. When the stove was first installed and upon it's first burn, the installers had an exhaust leak at the point of chimney connection at the back of the stove. I also initially had a "chemically" smell in addition to the smoke smell that I assume was due to paint/silicone curing.
Since the leak was supposedly fixed, I always get a smokey smell in the house after the thing lights. I think that it is maybe a puff of smoke as the thing lights but I can't tell. I don't think it gets any stronger after it is burning - probably just residual smell, but it is a smell that that is noticed when you come into the house. I am wondering whether it is smoke that builds in the chamber prior to ignition and then once it lights, the pressure pushes a puff out of the stove somewhere. Don't get me wrong, there is no visible smoke and it is not unbearable, but I am curious whether I should be smelling ANY smoke with this pellet stove. I have a call into the place that I bought it from, but I thought I'd get some opinions here first.
Since the leak was supposedly fixed, I always get a smokey smell in the house after the thing lights. I think that it is maybe a puff of smoke as the thing lights but I can't tell. I don't think it gets any stronger after it is burning - probably just residual smell, but it is a smell that that is noticed when you come into the house. I am wondering whether it is smoke that builds in the chamber prior to ignition and then once it lights, the pressure pushes a puff out of the stove somewhere. Don't get me wrong, there is no visible smoke and it is not unbearable, but I am curious whether I should be smelling ANY smoke with this pellet stove. I have a call into the place that I bought it from, but I thought I'd get some opinions here first.