The latest road block on my way to burning wood in the house is that my Wife is afraid that the whole house will smell like wood smoke - everything, clothes, clothes in the closet, funiture, carpet, the dog, etc., and if she ain't happy, nobody is happy! Will a nice modern wood stove smell-up the house?
Hey guys, So I have a very small house in Western MA (main floor just under 900sq ft + walkout basement/built in garage which will not be heated, about 700sq ft of basement that will be heated). I have all electric baseboard heat on my main floor and my basement has a non-functioning gas stove...
Could use some advice. Just starting using our new Hearthstone Homestead wood stove. Can't seem to put wood in the fire box without letting smoke into my house. This has got to stop. Any advice would be appreciated. Note, I tried several things, but none of them seems to work. Your help would...
Anyone have real data on the most common causes? Improper ash disposal, leaving stuff near the stove, improper install (clearances and bad pass throughs), chimney fires... Which causes the most issues?
If you are getting smoke in the house or you stove just don’t seem to be burning like should. Check the door seal and latch for a tight fit. Check the ash pan for shut tight and latched If all doors seals are good and latched. MOST pellet stove are Negative air. (Inside of the Firebox is...
we are looking at buying a house that has a stone fireplace in the living room and a place in the basement to connect a woodstove, the house is 1456 sq ft on one floor and the basement is same sq. footage and completely open. was wondering if placing a woodstove in the basement wood supply...
Cleaning my gutters out when I noticed I have a rather -concerning- gap between the house and chimney, the widest part at the top. The chimney is not original to the house (built 1920), added on a min. of 30 years ago. Just looking for any opinions, level of concern, and what, if anything, I...
Hi all, I'm new to the forum, but I have heated with wood since I was little. We now have a house that doesn't have a chimney, and we bought an Englander (2200 sq ft model) wood stove from home depot. I have a free source of wood if I just split it, as well as probably a years worth of old...
The part of the house with the non accessible crawl space has no plumbing or wiring under the floor. So what if I just pumped those areas full of foam? My worry would be trapping moisture where I dont want it causing rot and mold, which I hear is a major concern. Hmm, my first thought is that sounds like a lot of foam, and expensive.
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 ...
