Smoke smell when opening bypass!

[JTK2000]

Lopi Evergreen wood stove a few days old with a few burns. Starting to smell smoke when bypass gets pulled open with door still shut! What is going on there?

I’ve had the box loaded up a few times and because of a slight negative pressure, it has to get burning pretty good before I can close the bypass and start closing the vent if I don’t want the flame to go out right away. Installers are coming next week to add a OAK.

My concern is that I accidentally over fired and damaged the bypass but the fire didn’t seem over the top to me. I grew up with a fire place and we had that thing with bigger fires in it so nothing out of the ordinary for me. I’m gonna be pissed if my wood stove can’t handle a hot fire!

Has anyone else experienced this? Can’t find any info on google about this problem. Please help!

 

[JTK2000]

Sounds like Travis wants the installers to extend the chimney before trying an OAK. My only issue with that is there is already a ton of chimney sticking out! It would be a huge eye sore!

Travis also thinks the smoke smell when opening the bypass is from a negative back draft. Does that sound right to any of you?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

It could be, depending on how the house was built, competition from other fans, how tight the house was built, and where the stove is located in the house.