I had my first wood-burn stove fire last night, but it set off the carbon monoxide detector and the two smoke/fire detectors.
STOVE AND CHIMNEY SPECS: This is a recent install and I attached pics. The bottom of the stove has two air openings, one can be opened and partially closed, but the other air opening cannot be controlled. There is an opening for the ash plug too. The stove pipe, beginning at the stove, is a single-wall pipe that goes up about 1’, then it has a 90 degree attached to a 24” section (where the Selkirk Class A chimney begins) that goes through the wall and into the T (aka clean out), then the Selkirk Class A chimney (6”) then goes up through the attic about 14’ which includes the T.
Last night I started the first fire, and I have to say I was a bit apprehensive since this was my install and my first wood stove fire in my house. Anyway, I started the fire small as directed by the owner’s manual (good draft). After five hours (and the paint cured) of a small fire, I added three good pieces of seasoned wood (red oak). The temperature shot up to about 450 degrees, all well, but then the Carbon Monoxide (CM) detector sounded and I had to shut the CM detector off, I opened a window to be safe. Later I added more wood, but this time I added three pieces of cedar-elm wood to mix. About thirty minutes later, the two hard-wired smoke/fire detectors sounded and I had to disconnect them. I could not see a lot of smoke only a very slight haze. When this happened I could not see smoke emanating for the stove or the chimney either. Oh, when I reloaded, I opened the door very slow and not much smoke escaped, the air wash system was working well, I guess it is the air opening that can’t be closed that does that.
Either I need to install a double-wall pipe all the way through, the cedar elm is too smoky to burn, or I have a leak in the stove (the door latch seems to be hard to shut properly). How can I figure out what I did wrong and fix it?
Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks in advance.
I hope I used the correct terms and provided enough information.
STOVE AND CHIMNEY SPECS: This is a recent install and I attached pics. The bottom of the stove has two air openings, one can be opened and partially closed, but the other air opening cannot be controlled. There is an opening for the ash plug too. The stove pipe, beginning at the stove, is a single-wall pipe that goes up about 1’, then it has a 90 degree attached to a 24” section (where the Selkirk Class A chimney begins) that goes through the wall and into the T (aka clean out), then the Selkirk Class A chimney (6”) then goes up through the attic about 14’ which includes the T.
Last night I started the first fire, and I have to say I was a bit apprehensive since this was my install and my first wood stove fire in my house. Anyway, I started the fire small as directed by the owner’s manual (good draft). After five hours (and the paint cured) of a small fire, I added three good pieces of seasoned wood (red oak). The temperature shot up to about 450 degrees, all well, but then the Carbon Monoxide (CM) detector sounded and I had to shut the CM detector off, I opened a window to be safe. Later I added more wood, but this time I added three pieces of cedar-elm wood to mix. About thirty minutes later, the two hard-wired smoke/fire detectors sounded and I had to disconnect them. I could not see a lot of smoke only a very slight haze. When this happened I could not see smoke emanating for the stove or the chimney either. Oh, when I reloaded, I opened the door very slow and not much smoke escaped, the air wash system was working well, I guess it is the air opening that can’t be closed that does that.
Either I need to install a double-wall pipe all the way through, the cedar elm is too smoky to burn, or I have a leak in the stove (the door latch seems to be hard to shut properly). How can I figure out what I did wrong and fix it?
Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks in advance.
I hope I used the correct terms and provided enough information.