New homeowner, new wood burner. Recently had issues and had a sweep come out- cleaned all up well and smoke issues went away, got a clean inspection report. 6” stove pipe stuffed into an 8” chimney pipe ( SS smooth liner pipe) the sweep packed the transition with insulation and said I could get a transition pipe if I wanted. Tonight we woke up to smoke smell- I went and looked and the stove air was all the way in (choked off for the night), I could see red coals and logs and then the stove huffed and “breathed” a big breath and the smoke puffed out of the pipe joint after the horizontal 90
Now looking at the pipes it seems like they are “lapped” wrong ?
I pulled the air chamber out and immediately had a fire that spiked the temp and had to push back in to choke off and the fire still roared for a bit till it calmed down.
The stove never puffed thru the pipes again.
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Now looking at the pipes it seems like they are “lapped” wrong ?
I pulled the air chamber out and immediately had a fire that spiked the temp and had to push back in to choke off and the fire still roared for a bit till it calmed down.
The stove never puffed thru the pipes again.
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