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Sweeps Library - Troubleshooting Chimney Draft Problems Improving chimney updraftWe often hear the complaint that someone has a "bad" stove or fireplace because it smokes into the house In our experience, however, draft problems are almost never caused by the fireplace or appliance The chimney is the engine of every wood-burning system: in order for the fire to burn properly, the chimney must pull combustion air through the fireplace or stove
Sweeps Library - Direct Vent Installation Diagrams In Direct Vent installations, combustion air is drawn into a sealed firebox from outside the house through coaxial intake exhaust pipe This eliminates depressurization, resulting in a warmer, healthier home environment
Please advise! Neighbours wood smoke blowing into my home The stack was lower than my house and it would set off a smoke detector in my attic The town elected to work with him and after he put in a 30' extension on his stack it became far less of an issue Obviously making your home tighter will reduce the smoke getting inside If you have a chimney and are not using it, that is logical thing to seal
horizontal side vent for a wood burning stove? - Hearth. com Forums After some doing some research, I have found that you can do a horzontal side vent and then up 5 feet for a pellet stove I was thinking about installing a second wood stove on an exterior wall of the house and venting it horizontally thru the wall and then up 90 degrees 5 feet for a wood
Sweeps Library - Why burn outside air? - Hearth. com Forums The house was of cinder block construction, and incorporated plastic vapor barriers, gasketed windows and doors, etc We put a wood stove in that house, and the eventual occupants found that, unless they opened a window, the vacuum effect created by the wood stove chimney would actually overcome the updraft in their gas furnace and water heater
Wood Stove Comparison Chart - heating capacity If your house is divided up into many small rooms separated by long hallways and you have a forced-air heating system, you might try running the furnace blower (with the furnace burners turned off) to help circulate the heat from your woodstove throughout the house A ceiling fan in the room with the stove can also be extremely helpful
Hot water line to the furnace humidifier? - Hearth. com Forums I needed to replace the crumbling humidifier pad on the Aprilaire unit bolted to our new NG furnace I noticed the water line for the humidifier taps a hot water and not a cold line This was a surprise to me This results in a trickle of hot water running through the unit and out the drain
Wood Stove Installed in my Basement: Best way to get heat upstairs Finally got my woodstove, Vermont Castings Encore, installed in my unfinished basement Did a quick little test fire last night and the chimney drafts great, no problems so far I havent burned it long enough to see how well the heat makes it upstairs, but what are you guys with similar
What is correct type brush for 6 insulated stainless chimney pipe . . . Active since 1995, Hearth com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil