If you experience smoke coming out of the door when you open your wood-burning stove, it may be due to:
- There may be too little draught in the chimney, or there may be negative pressure in the room where the chimney is located.
With extremely low chimney draught, smoke may seep out through the closed door.
With low chimney draught, you can get advice and guidance from your local retailer or chimney sweep.
- Negative pressure in the room where the wood-burning stove is located can be due to it being a newer house. Newer houses are often more airtight than older houses, and there is less oxygen seeping into the house. A wood-burning stove requires oxygen to keep the fire burning, therefore draws it from the room.
To alleviate the negative pressure in the room, a fresh air system can be installed on your wood-burning stove. The stove will then draw air directly from outside.