We've got 3 multifuel stoves in our house. 1 in the living room, 1 in the dining room and 1 in an upstairs bedroom. All of them flue lined (they weren't going to be, but the dining room chimney failed and poured smoke into next door so we lined them all).
The living room and dinning rooms are open plan with a large arch between the two as a through room.
This winter coming to light them the living room one didn't draw well. Assuming we had a blockage or something we've had the chimney swept (2 days ago, and this would be done annually anyway and was due), and the log burner plate cleared. We lit it last night, and the draw was awful. Open the door to a puff of smoke out into the room as we had before sweeping. We get it to burn with the vents full, but not the roaring furnace we used to get.
I don't believe it's pressure or airflow related as stated the living and dining rooms are a large through room. We have an open hatch from the dinning room to the kitchen, and the kitchen is open into the hallway and upstairs. We have wooden floors, and vented underneath. Skirting is not fully sealed, neither are under the living room and dining room doors so there is plenty of air flow. The chimney stack had 8 pots on, 4 for us, and 4 for the neighbour, all the same height (neighbour only has 1 for gas we still have 4). We did the work on this to re-build it due to condition 4 years ago, and that was before the log burners all went in 3 and 2 years ago. So the chimney height is fine being at the apex of the roof, and no trees etc to 'baffle' the airflow.
The chimney tops with burners on all have the same cowl and flue liner. If we light the dinning room burner and open it's bottom vent when hot it roars like a furnace, as does the upstiars bedroom one, while the living room only burns slowly.
Any ideas here that I can look at before the chimney sweep comes back in 6 days? It's cold here now with snow/frost/ice on the ground, and would really like to use the burner in the main room.
Is it possible of flue liner damage? or still a blockage?
Thanks for any help.
S
The living room and dinning rooms are open plan with a large arch between the two as a through room.
This winter coming to light them the living room one didn't draw well. Assuming we had a blockage or something we've had the chimney swept (2 days ago, and this would be done annually anyway and was due), and the log burner plate cleared. We lit it last night, and the draw was awful. Open the door to a puff of smoke out into the room as we had before sweeping. We get it to burn with the vents full, but not the roaring furnace we used to get.
I don't believe it's pressure or airflow related as stated the living and dining rooms are a large through room. We have an open hatch from the dinning room to the kitchen, and the kitchen is open into the hallway and upstairs. We have wooden floors, and vented underneath. Skirting is not fully sealed, neither are under the living room and dining room doors so there is plenty of air flow. The chimney stack had 8 pots on, 4 for us, and 4 for the neighbour, all the same height (neighbour only has 1 for gas we still have 4). We did the work on this to re-build it due to condition 4 years ago, and that was before the log burners all went in 3 and 2 years ago. So the chimney height is fine being at the apex of the roof, and no trees etc to 'baffle' the airflow.
The chimney tops with burners on all have the same cowl and flue liner. If we light the dinning room burner and open it's bottom vent when hot it roars like a furnace, as does the upstiars bedroom one, while the living room only burns slowly.
Any ideas here that I can look at before the chimney sweep comes back in 6 days? It's cold here now with snow/frost/ice on the ground, and would really like to use the burner in the main room.
Is it possible of flue liner damage? or still a blockage?
Thanks for any help.
S
