Is it safe to use old wood stove?
Is it safe to use old wood stove?
Old or poorly installed wood-burning stoves pose a higher risk of smoke emission, an increase in air pollution, and greater risk of house fires. You should never smell smoke from your wood stove. If you do, this means that it is not operating safely and should be serviced.
Can you make an old wood stove more efficient?
Adding a catalytic combustor insert to your current wood stove can increase its efficiency and the amount of heat you get from it. These converters promote combustion of pollutant gases while inside the stove, reducing the amount of undesirable emissions that go up the chimney.
Can you overload a wood stove?
If you put more wood into a wood burning stove that what is recommended you can overload the stove, and potentially cause the stove to over fire. Overloading a stove may also cause issues with the air wash or secondary burn systems.
What are the different types of wood stoves?
This is achieved by one of two designs, catalytic or secondary burn. The most common type of wood stove you will see is the secondary burn stove although catalytic stoves are becoming more popular again. The secondary burn stoves have a baffle with stainless steel air tubes above the firebox.
What is a high-efficiency wood stove?
The new high-efficiency wood stoves burn the wood and smoke to extract the heat more completely. This is achieved by one of two designs, catalytic or secondary burn.
Why do old wood stoves smoke come out the top?
Old wood stoves generally had a steel plate in the upper area of the firebox to slow the smoke down before it exited out the chimney. So a good portion of the heat went out the chimney; this is why in old homes you would sometimes see black smoke pipe snaking throughout different rooms.
Why do wood stoves have a steel plate on the top?
This entry was posted in wood stoves on March 20, 2015 by The Original Flame Author . Old wood stoves generally had a steel plate in the upper area of the firebox to slow the smoke down before it exited out the chimney.
