We have a 'cassette' style wood burning stove that slots into what was a 14" domestic fireplace. When it was installed, the fitter remarked that we had some slightly odd wind patterns- we live in the last house before a road and a bank of old growth oaks, and he wondered whether there were eddys forming in the gully the road forms beside the house.
Anyway, 90% of the time I light the fire with no problem but with this nasty blustery weather (Hants!) I am really struggling particularly at the start of my efforts where suddenly, smoke billows back down the chimney and into the room! A mad scramble to open external doors and windows to create an updraft ensues, but the house smells like a bonfire.
Tonight I'm still struggling an hour after lighting it.
Can you get a 'one way fan' or valve to be fitted in a chimney so smoke can only go one way? Any ideas??
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Getting blowback down my chimney- room filling with smoke!
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Tansie · 14/02/2014 18:21
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