smoke on a calm day with range cooker

Tremone

Hi, I have a Mulberry solid fuel range cooker which heats water and rads. On a windy day it works fine but on a calm day like today, when you open the door to load fuel smoke comes billowing out and there never seems to be much flame. The fact that on a windy day it works grand leads me to believe that I am not getting enough draught in the chimney and I am wondering if anyone knows of a product that I can put on top of the chimney that would improve the draft. I have a mulberry stove in my living room that works fine constantly. They are both connected into seperate chimneys and the flues have been cleaned regularly.
To my untrained eyes and ears it just the big range requires a good draught-no building or trees nearby

demanufactured

sounds like you have the damper nearly closed all thwe way, you need to open it up a bit more to ge a hotter fire going.

kay 9

Try putting an anti downdraft cowl on the chimney.

wing52

Grab your self a carbon monoxide alarm as soon as you can:eek:

Any flue products are NOT for the room!

Go to a heating merchants and try and get smoke pellets.

See if the flue has a lot of bends,angles or offsets.

They're not a good thing for the "pull" of the flue.

You might have to consider a flue liner.

Tremone

I have a lined chimney, this chimney cowl, does it create a better draught?

reilig

Yes, the antidowndraught cowel will help to create a better draught on your chimney. You can buy spinning cowels too which are even better. Your local hardware will be the best place to buy from. It will cost from €50 to €100 for it and it is an easy installation.