Firewood Season 2023

[buckwacker]

lol not a tool I think about I lack the equipment but I used it…. And the fire picked up some but smoke comes pouring from unknown locations with the door shut

In that case, I would say you most likely have some sort of obstruction in the gas path inside the stove if your flue is clear.

Shifted how?? The big firebrick on top of the tubes is the baffle correct?

Yep. Can you see a decent sized gap at its front edge?

 

[cg21]

Ok…. We’re onto something. My wife is about to rip my head off. We’re hosting xmas Eve … and I keep smoking the place out..

but I moved that baffle with some oven mits on…. And the fire is noticeably different …. but smoke is still coming out

 

[buckwacker]

Ok…. We’re onto something. My wife is about to rip my head off. We’re hosting xmas Eve … and I keep smoking the place out..

but I moved that baffle with some oven mits on…. And the fire is noticeably different …. but smoke is still coming out

Hey, progress! Do you still have a window or door open in the room the stove is in? I'm not sure how the baffle fits, but I would gently try sliding it back as far as it will go.

 

[cg21]

Hey, progress! Do you still have a window or door open in the room the stove is in?

Yes trying to clear out the smoke lol before my wife wrings my neck….. if I don’t respond please send help

 

[cg21]

hurry guys wife left baffle should be all the way to the back of the stove right ??

 

[buckwacker]

hurry guys wife left baffle should be all the way to the back of the stove right ??

It probably has a specific spot it's supposed to sit in. Without knowing better, it would say gently slide it back as far as it will go.

 

[cg21]

It probably has a specific spot it's supposed to sit in. Without knowing better, it would say gently slide it back as far as it will go.

Alright I will let this fire die down then precision and gentle don’t go well with hot and smoke

 

[buckwacker]

Alright I will let this fire die down then precision and gentle don’t go well with hot and smoke

Haha, yeah probably not. Found a cutaway view in the manual. Looks like it sits right on top of your secondary air tubes and should slide all the way back until it stops.

 

[cg21]

There is a corner piece that looks like where you would line up the baffle but it makes it not all the way back

But the manual looks like it is all the way back

 

[buckwacker]

There is a corner piece that looks like where you would line up the baffle but it makes it not all the way back

But the manual looks like it is all the way back

It looks like that little bracket is the to keep the baffle from sliding forward.

From the cutaway in the upper right of the previous picture I posted, it looks like the baffle slides all the way back as far as it goes.

 

[buckwacker]

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Is there any Amish nearby that could look at your setup?

 

[cg21]

Ok….. so part of the problem was wet wood. Part I believe is the baffle…. But it still isn’t right now I open the door and ash comes out at me… not smoke but with this 2x4 there is hardly any smoke at all just the ash…? If I put something that smokes at all it will still be coming out


My daughter said I’m like the dad from Christmas story fighting the furnace…..

 

[bocefus78]

It's almost 60 degrees outside...the draft is going to be very poor in these conditions from my experience

 

[cg21]

well Christmas Eve was a success but the stove started belching smoke out of the damper halfway through the evening lol

 

[buckwacker]

well Christmas Eve was a success but the stove started belching smoke out of the damper halfway through the evening lol

Oh boy, sorry man. I was hoping no news was good news. Did it work properly for a while then?

 

[cg21]

Oh boy, sorry man. I was hoping no news was good news. Did it work properly for a while then?

No not at all the box was solid smoke. Dry hot wood. But the box fills with so much smoke it chokes out the fire

 

[buckwacker]

No not at all the box was solid smoke. Dry hot wood. But the box fills with so much smoke it chokes out the fire

I'd say a call to the folks you bought it from is in order. It also might be that your particular stove is sensitive to the warm weather, and just couldn't get a decent draft going. Either way they should be able to help you out.

 

[klausm]

the strange part is that it was working fine before? so what could have changed?

 

[cg21]

I'd say a call to the folks you bought it from is in order. It also might be that your particular stove is sensitive to the warm weather, and just couldn't get a decent draft going. Either way they should be able to help you out.

the strange part is that it was working fine before? so what could have changed?

So I called them today… they said it is from a cold chimney and sent me an instructional video on how to light the stove. I had a feeling it wasn’t going to work but I figured I would do it EXACTLY how they said.

It did not work.

The only thing I thought could have changed was….. I used some cardboard to light a fire one day instead of just the torch and kindling? I thought maybe that a flame had lodged itself in the way… but I ran a brush the full chimney length and stuck my arm vacuum and brush up around the oven to dislodge anything in the gas route.

I really thought we were onto something with the baffle since I most likely have bumped that loading the firebox too full.