Why Is My Stove Spilling Smoke And What Should I Do About It!

A brief description explaining why a stove will spill smoke. followed up with a few helpful tips.

[andrewstafford-jones]

Nice explanation, I had already worked this out and your tip of using something to give the flue a burst of heat is spot on.
I have this problem if it is cold and the stove hasn't been used for many days but the draft is actually a little too high when warmed up.

[davidcoleman]

Great video!I had that exact problem 2 months ago, been OK since, but at least shed some light as to why it happened!Many thanks 😊👍

[openmindedbloke]

Thank you. We bought bellows and after lighting, a few puffs up the chimney and the draw works. Usually on damp days. Also effective firelighters. Haven't had a problem.

[westfour]

One way to slightly raise your chimney height is actually put a taller chimney pot on. Also, you can add a “spinner” on top to improve the “draw”.
Also, make sure you have your chimney swept AT LEAST once a year.

[sexualunicorn]

If you slightly crack the door while you burn your wood, and ince you notice the door trying to close on its own, then you have a good up draft for smoke, also make sure if your chimney pipes always at an upward angle even if you have a bend/ angle in pipe, as the smoke will sink to the low point

[MarkAAshdown]

Two tips. 1 Get a good bit of kindling ready to go so that you can shut the door after lighting. On one of my stoves I have to add a firelighter. 2 The size of the room that the stove is in should ideally balanced to the size of the stove. By having an internal door open when lighting you are effectively making the room much larger which can cause smoke to spool into the room in some installations.

[CloseToTheEdge]

This has been very informative.
Thanks.

[mastersweeps]

Use kindling (which is dry, so produces very little smoke) and a fire lighter (no newspaper, that's a bad idea as it can cause a chimney fire if there is creosote build up in the flue). Open all air vents and open the door slightly to fan the fire. This will get the gases hot really quickly. The hot gases rise in the flue and that will chase away the cold air that might be in there.
Then add a small log and again manipulate the door opening to produce the best fanning.

Once the small log is almost burnt add a larger log.

[redcroftbearbear]

Leaving you stove door open at night is a good idea, .
Another good idea is use a heat gun /paint stripping gun, Just open your stove door and blast it right up the floot for 2 /3 mins this will shift any cold air 100%

[buuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

Is there a way to remove the defra stop? im burning through so much wood because i cant tamp it down!

[graememckay]

Just had a stove installed. New liner fitted and new slate hearth. Installed just before Christmas '22 the fitters were back today fitting the 3rd slate hearth because they crack as soon as we light the stove. Once lit every time we open the door to put wood on we get a burst of smoke, flame rushes out and ash/ soot floats around the room. The room is now always stinking of fire and everything has a fine coating of ash. Worst decision I've ever made.

[ImFieldy]

maybe open a window a crack, turn off kitchen or bathroom extract fan that's trying to pull air out of the house. Just a thought.

[Dr-Shlomo-Cohen]

Is there a difference between the gasket used for woodburning stoves and oil burning stoves? Can i use gaskets made for wood burning stoves, for an oil burning fireplace?

[ServiceUnavailable]

Mine has been doing this past few days but only when im getting the fire started not once it set in with embers. Kids dads says blocked flue and its entirely possible but now youre making me wonder if its cold flue instead coz a blocked flue would just keep on smoking up

[darrellsaturnbigfoot]

I have an Easy easy fix guaranteed. I keep a small hand torch handy. I slide the top brick over and expose the chimney inside the stove. I Light the torch and direct the flame right into the chimney opening for 10 sec. Slide the top brick back in place, then light the fire. This way the heat generated from the torch has made a positive direction back up the chimney. Easy easy easy and NEVER have smoke again 👍👍👍

[stanjohnson]

About 2 minutes of heating from the outside of your pipe just above stove with a propane torch, then lite fire and continue heating pipe with torch for another minute or two works great for me 👍🏽

[featherweightfarm]

What about if your flu is piping hot and the woodstove is still billowing smoke?

[mykeready]

Hi guys. Another great video.

Do you think you could produce a video for the first few lights on a new stove. I found the instruction booklet ok but my wife was a little confused till I explained the paint curing process etc. Didn’t know if other people may find one helpful?

[fiveminuteman]

Have you seen more problems with the ecodesign woodburners specifically installed in bungalows with shorter flue runs? Btw think the sound of shotguns going off added to the video👍

[anthonyonly]

If a stove pushes smoke in the house how long does it take for the smell to go away?