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Fumes in Sitting Room

  • 15-11-2021 5:47pm
    #1
    Ms2011
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    Sorry for the long post!

    We have a multifuel stove with a back boiler in the sitting room.

    2 weeks ago I made the mistake of putting an old kitchen press door on it. I don’t normal do this and only burn woodstove coal and dry logs but my husband was sick of looking at it in the shed so we threw it on the fire.

    Big mistake!! I can't even sit in the sitting room anymore as the fumes immediately catch me in the back of the throat, my mouth becomes dry and my chest feels heavy.

    My husband has swept down the flue, I have completely cleaned out the stove and my husband has put new rope in the doors.

    The stove was working perfectly before this. I have been leaving all the windows in the house open all day everyday but even when the stove is not on the fumes (which I assume is what it is) still causes the same issues.

    We have an open vent in the sitting room as well as a working carbon monoxide alarm which is reading as zero same as ever but there is definitely something in the air irritating my airways.

    My Dad who is a veteran stove user reckons it could take weeks for the fumes to dissolve.

    Can anyone advise on the situation, what it could be or how the rectify it.



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