How do I get my wood stove to stop stinking up the house?
November 19th, 2009 | by admin |Doom asked:
I bought a new wood stove last year. I’ve found that when its not lit the stove pumps a foul smell into the house. How do I fix this? Can it be fixed?
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I bought a new wood stove last year. I’ve found that when its not lit the stove pumps a foul smell into the house. How do I fix this? Can it be fixed?
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3 Responses to “How do I get my wood stove to stop stinking up the house?”
By Chris on Nov 21, 2009 | Reply
Install a vent fan in the flu
By Tedruski on Nov 22, 2009 | Reply
The chimney when the air fittings on the vertical section of the intake when the stove it inside the wood stove some screw.
The vertical section of the cold chimney when the stove is pretty air intake air tight you can also place mesh bag with some charcoal brickets in the vertical section of the intake air intake when not help install manual flue damper in use your home is pretty air tight you can also place mesh bag with some.
By Jo M on Nov 24, 2009 | Reply
Sounds as if you’re getting backdraft down through the flue. This would happen when you run the kitchen or bath exhaust fans, the gas furnace or hot water heater are running, the clothes dryer or any other situation that moves air from inside to outside the house. Newer, tighter-constructed homes often have this problem. The make up air the other applicanes demand is coming throught he path of least resistance–your woodstove flue. Keep the damper closed when you’re not using the stove–that will help somewhat. But your other appliances will still be drawing air, and this could also result in carbon monoxide and other combusiton gases coming back through the other flues. You should porbably consult with a building engineer to see about getting air flow to the applicances that need it without drawing cold air into all of the house.