So we bought a used XXV for our back room, and thought it really compliments the P68. We got it set up and were using it over the weekend, and thought we smelled the smell of cigarette smoke coming from the stove. We figured the previous owner was a smoker and hopefully the smell would work itself out.
The exhaust of the stove goes straight out below and between two windows, which I thought could be a problem, but I had extra pipe, so I figured I could change it if needed. I have not been able to caulk the thimble, because of freezing temperatures since we installed the stove.
This morning I turned the stove on and got real smoke in the room, which I figured was because of the lack of caulk, so we shut the stove down right away. This evening I added 6 feet of vertical pipe to get it up past the roofline and pointed away from the house, since it's still too cold to use caulk, and in case the power goes out we would have natural draft. I turned the stove on and got a little bit of real smoke in the room, but it cleared up and even though I was looking behind the stove with a flashlight, I couldn't find the source.
Then we smelled what we thought was the cigarette smoke coming back. My throat and nose started to burn from it, so I shut the stove down.
I started looking around at the stove, because it's built way different from the P68. There's only one door, and when you open the door, there's a little hinged compartment that you can pull down to access the ash pan. When we bought the stove I questioned how this would seal across the crack. When I looked under the stove I noticed there's a spring and a little cable to hold the ash pan door up on the right side, but the one on the left side is missing. I will order one if I can find it.
Does anyone else have any tips for diagnosing smoke in this stove? The way the door closes, I don't know if I can easily do the dollar bill test, but I'll try it when it gets cold.
I'm trying to attach photos. I don't know what it's supposed to look like, but something doesn't seem right about the seals down by the ash pan.
The exhaust of the stove goes straight out below and between two windows, which I thought could be a problem, but I had extra pipe, so I figured I could change it if needed. I have not been able to caulk the thimble, because of freezing temperatures since we installed the stove.
This morning I turned the stove on and got real smoke in the room, which I figured was because of the lack of caulk, so we shut the stove down right away. This evening I added 6 feet of vertical pipe to get it up past the roofline and pointed away from the house, since it's still too cold to use caulk, and in case the power goes out we would have natural draft. I turned the stove on and got a little bit of real smoke in the room, but it cleared up and even though I was looking behind the stove with a flashlight, I couldn't find the source.
Then we smelled what we thought was the cigarette smoke coming back. My throat and nose started to burn from it, so I shut the stove down.
I started looking around at the stove, because it's built way different from the P68. There's only one door, and when you open the door, there's a little hinged compartment that you can pull down to access the ash pan. When we bought the stove I questioned how this would seal across the crack. When I looked under the stove I noticed there's a spring and a little cable to hold the ash pan door up on the right side, but the one on the left side is missing. I will order one if I can find it.
Does anyone else have any tips for diagnosing smoke in this stove? The way the door closes, I don't know if I can easily do the dollar bill test, but I'll try it when it gets cold.
I'm trying to attach photos. I don't know what it's supposed to look like, but something doesn't seem right about the seals down by the ash pan.
