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Inset stove - too much draw

  • 06-10-2016 1:47pm
    #1
    adr_sullivan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    hi there,

    I was hoping that someone could give me some advice please.

    I got an Heritage Doolin inset stove fitted to an old fireplace a few months ago. I have noticed that there is too much of a draw in it and I am not certain where the air is getting in from.

    At the moment when I light the fire I can close down all the vents as far as possible and the fire will still burn very brightly. This should not be the case. It also means that the stove has to be fed every 30mins or so as it goes through the wood so quickly.

    Someone from heritage said that it is more than likely a case of too much draw from the chimney rather than the stove. I know that this sounds like a nice get out of jail free card from them but is there anyway to try and disprove this. The rep is coming to look at the stove next week and would be good if I had some information.

    So is there anyway of telling if the problem lies with the stove or the chimney....

    Finally if it is with the chimney what are the possible solutions to this.

    Thanks,


Comments

  • #2
    moonshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭moonshadow


    Similar situation also wondering....


  • #3
    maximum12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 666 ✭✭✭maximum12


    Sounds like nonsense to me.

    A chimney can only have a draw if it has an air supply.

    If the air vents are working correctly and closed it should have hardly any air supply.


  • #4
    adr_sullivan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭adr_sullivan


    moonshadow wrote: »
    Similar situation also wondering....

    Do you have a doolin stove as well. Could be some design flaw.

    Would be a pain to change the cowel and still have the same problem


  • #5
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Any chance the rope in the door is missing or not fully sealing when the door is closed? Might also have been assembled badly with no seals between the cast iron sections or even that they are warped. Might even be bad handling, a good drop might not damage anything you can see but might open up a seam somewhere. All you can do is take it out and have a careful look with everything out (fire bricks baffles etc). Design wise if it has a air wash for the glass that might be the issue as that feature if included has to run all the time to work.

    As an aside this happens with old stoves that have been over fired (got too hot) and the cast iron warps opening up the joints so air gets in.


  • #6
    adr_sullivan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭adr_sullivan


    Just to follow up on this.

    We had someone out and they looked at it and couldn't find an issue. Before they left I asked why there was a hole under the ash pan.

    It turns out the hole is there so as the stove can be bolted into the ground. We never bolted it in so he filled this with fire cement and it is much better.

    Still not perfect but definitely better.


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