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?
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.
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Close all the intake air fittings on the wood stove. Some screw in/out to adjust the air intake when the stove is burning.
If that does not help, install a manual flue damper in the vertical section of the outgoing stove pipe – you are getting period downdrafts from the cold chimney when not in use.
Your furnace can be sucking air down the chimney and out the stove if your home is pretty air tight.
You can also place a mesh bag with some charcoal brickets in it inside the cold wood stove – it helps absorb odors.
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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.
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