Fixing Some Serious Problems with the WOOD STOVE

[@loodusefilm7881]

If you haven't used chimney long time then it's full of moisture and if the moisture starts to evaporate then it takes many times more volume than in liquid form so there is no room for smoke to go up. If you start to use it regularly it dries up and you got no problems with it anymore. I had same issue, if it happens best to do is to take electric heat gun and blow heat with it into base of chimney where you have opening for cleaning it and it starts drafting with short time.

[@manuelakippes806]

Please consider to install Carbon Monoxide Detectors in every room for safety reasons. ❤

[@minime7375]

I believe they had them last year, from a sponsorship iirc

[@JustMe-s6s4m]

I have one of those external metal chimneys. It's double walled and insulated but that doesn't help when it is really cold out. Cold air falls down the chimney and when I start a fire, the cold air forces the smoke into the house instead of it going up the chimney. I have a method to preheat the chimney that is really simple. I have a small tin can which I pout about a centimeter (3/8 inch) of ethanol into. I set it in the stove and set it on fire. It burns a while, generates a ton of heat, warms the stove/chimney and even if it backdrafts into the house, it's smokeless. After ten or fifteen minutes, it has burned out and I remove it with the tongs. I usually set the can right on top of the wood so that once I remove the can, I can instantly light the wood before everything cools off again. This system has worked like a charm for two winters now. I bought the ethanol cheap in a ten liter canister and have only used about half of it.

[@robertdonolli3579]

My dear sweet David and wifey. I’m writing for my husband. Get the wood away from the burner. You need a fireproof floor. It could just come out a little from the size of the burner. We love you both. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@robertdonolli3579]

Devoid and Dessie I have to remember that! We love you both❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mattmercurio8115]

I agree get the wood away from the boiler, Not smart to store combustibles that close to the source of fire,

[@JanTrewhitt]

I hope you got the smoke problem fixed!! Good work figuring it all out! Blessings.

[@rossdmcc]

You live in a beautiful place. And you are doing a fine job renovating your home.

[@stanleygallman7800]

It's really kind of unfortunate that it's so late in the season for making big changes with the heating system for your home. As I watched the video I was thinking these are two very passionate, and compassionate artistic young people who really have so much on their plate and they seem to always be trying to create something that is beautiful and useful...

[@gregorymcd944]

Great job figuring out the smoke issue! Love all you videos!

[@racebanning6390]

Good deal👍👍Gotta have heat in winter❄️🥶Be blessed

[@shirleyaustin681]

You two are "bitty" brilliant!! ❤😊

[@danamccarthy5890]

Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! You are getting closer to your dream of off-grid sustainable living. 👏👏👏👏🥳

[@KayInMaine]

Glad you fixed this because we wouldn't want you two to be sleeping when it starts smoking like that!

[@duotronic6451]

Whirlybird vent for a chimney topper. Fascinating idea. 😂😂😂

[@elizabethmesora2558]

I agree about storing your wood away from the stove a bit. You may already have done this, but do you have a fireproof surface under the stove and on the walls around the stove. Stay safe😊

[@teresajames5993]

Hi guys. Always enjoy your channel. In Canada that whirly top is used for vents, never thought it to be used for chimney but makes sense. Hope you figured out the smoking boiler for good. ❤❤🎉

[@matanjaburger2872]

Iam happy to Dessie a warm house is important and i think they did a geneius job back in the day just like Deivid did😅❤🙏💪

[@garymucher4082]

Don't know if you have any smoke detectors or even a CO detector, but if not, you seriously need to get them. You could go to sleep one day and not wake up from a situation that occurs during the night. At least with detectors, they will alert you... Seriously guys...

[@saundrasimko2539]

They have several of both throughout the house

[@jameswilhelm418]

I would slope that cement around that new chimney top better to make the rain and snow run off the chimney top better. You don't want any water to get under there and freeze up on you and Crack the cement. Good job!

[@sylvester2294]

i had a problem when installing a natural gas stove in a cathedral ceiling room. the Stove safety system would shut down...Turns out that the stove pipe has to be 6 feet or more above the heated space...a draft problem...gotta be something like that with you guys...With a complicated system..the daily atmospheric pressure variation can have an effect..

[@Hollybank5]

I’m hoping now that all is fixed and you will be safe and warm ❤️🎈

[@patriciawilliamsn9605]

Hope this continues to work well. You always do such a good job

[@yorotirb3941]

Not sure what that water is for. Mine is always fussy starting. I use a vacuum blower to get the air flowing till the chimney warms up and starts drawing well. Never seen a stove like yours. What country do you live in? Does the heat go through all that brickwork? Bet that stays warm a long time.

[@saundrasimko2539]

They have a boiler that is heated by the stove that runs water to radiators that heat the rest of the house

[@tinnaz1]

We toss an aluminum soda or beer can in the stove about once a week to clear out the creosote from the chimney.

[@KayInMaine]

Interesting. How does that work? How does the can effect the creosote?

[@tinnaz1]

@@KayInMaine I'm not an expert in chemistry, but it creates a hotter fire for a few minutes to burn off any build up.

[@mayo5020]

@@tinnaz1 I don't think this theory is true and I've never heard of it otherwise everyone would do it and no one would sweep their chimney. It's a crazy idea. You have to sweep your chimney every year.

[@tinnaz1]

@@mayo5020 That's so weird! All I see is the first three words in your comment! 😅

[@foxglove8836]

I have Carbon Monoxide Detectors in my home and i have the chimney cleaned every year as it could cause a FIRE. Your fire/chimney looks rather Dirty. Good Luck

[@blacksilverlight]

When making pottery which has to be exposed to fire, like pots, the clay needs at least 70pct sand. Lime of any kind spalls if switching between fire and wet, which is why you don't use cement under blacksmithing, it acts like exploding River rocks in a camp fire, over and over, as the heat turns it back into anhydrous lime, then on water back into cement, but trapping water inside. Sorry rambling. Point is, use lots of sand, straw (for air gaps after they char) or crushed charcoal in clay for anything over 540c (1000 f). So probably ok as is, if it works the first few times. I think chimneys are often 2/3 temp near the stove, but that can run away a 1/3 more over in really high wind (moving the burn box zone out of the stove and into the chimney) or if the creosote catches. Enjoy you vids!

[@blacksilverlight]

Ack. I rambled past my point. The reason for the sand is it lowers the chance of thermal shock. However, as you saw, it's not going to crack and shatter while it's still soft. It's still supposed to get a burn in with a longer hotter fire that sinters the clay and sand,( as opposed to vitrification where it'd become ceramic). However, in a chimney, most parts aren't going to get past 700c which is where that starts. Therefore, that mix is really for down where the fire actually burns.

[@MsJet1]

I have no idea how your heating system works.

[@danamccarthy5890]

They have the heating wall which uses combustion. And the same furnace heats the boiler and they have a distributed hot water system for central heating and domestic hot water. It's GENIUS!

[@billyporter2195]

Glad to see it’s working now, clever conclusion you made👍 and beautiful countryside view from your rooftop

[@sylvester2294]

Thinking...always gets me in trouble....!! :-) If your house is fairly tight the draft is pulling against a low pressure area in side...?

[@rhondag2926]

Great job as usual 👏

[@KonTikiBea]

I hope you have a CO detector to prevent Carbon Monoxide poisoning. ... stay safe please !

[@LazarZed]

Good job 🎉

[@gabrielebehr563]

Chimney looks nice👍

[@MrHuismeester]

Winter can come !!!!

[@francislematt7079]

Hopefully you picked up the turbine ventilator that is rated for contaminated air (smoke, cooking oil) for longevity. Most of these are only meant for extracting room air.

[@debefeldman]

Yea, a new video.

[@lenalarsson4118]

Keep the good work going ❤❤

[@paulahenderson8865]

Good job guys!

[@carolynnr.6409]

Educational.

[@Betsy-sp7jr]

Cold day n nights are coming weather we like it or not. ❤ Stay safe

[@unitedworld6618]

I would complete the second floor extension first as that will help keep the house warmer.

[@yvonnebakker8317]

That whirly,i heard today is for using in the kichen,i wanted it for my chimini,so i dident buy it.

[@SaintCoemgen]

8:26 - Hmmm... That looks like an attic space air ventilator. If so, It is not fire chimney rated for the heat from such exhaust gases. There are correct and proper rotary vents for a chimney but I doubt this is one. I will not even comment about how bad it may be to stack wood directly against a wood stove without clearance .... 😱 : 12:00

[@DoBeDiff]

So this is a chimney ventilator and it's stainless steal with heatproof bearing. The wood stove isn't a normal stove, it's a wood burring boiler so it means the outside of the stove is only as warm as the water inside around 65 degrees so no damage can be caused, you can safely touch the stove all around except the exit flue.

[@SaintCoemgen]

@@DoBeDiff First --- of course I only said it "looks" like a an attic air space ventilator, I was not certain. Care to provide the manufacturer and model so others can consider using this if it is fire rated? Second - I know of no wood stove, even a water boiler model, that has a zero side clearance. But of course I do not know about all wood water heater stoves. Can you provide the make and model, or even better a link to the manual for your stove that shows this zero clearance is allowed for this stove? That would be much appreciated for my edification. Hope this helps.

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

Hiiiiiiii 💖💖💖

[@phillipdickinson8557]

David and Dissey great jobchope it is fixed

[@Oregontrailblazin]

"bitty"

[@AnneliLudvigsson-pt2zx]

❤❤❤

[@daniellecollaudin669]

Latvia

[@tigercatartist]

I'm wondering if that is a good place for the TV??????

[@michellepaperchaser]

Wherever smoke came out, carbon monoxide can come out Yikes

[@punjabseth260]

👍

[@normundsrozenbergs4882]

Jauki, būs patīkams siltums mājā.😊

[@kittiescorner222]

Is it safe to have the wood so close to the stove?

[@eriknilelsen]

how to clean inside wall its now smokepipe!!

[@RedStorm.]

😎

[@mary333j]

Just wondering why don't you get a real traditional fireplace?Chimney?

[@coby6417]

👍👏🌟🍀💐

[@johnnydee6340]

Idd get a carbon monoxide alarm just to be safe

[@carolrowan-wo5zu]

What country are you in? 0:06

[@missmollychips2598]

They live in Latvia.

[@carolrowan-wo5zu]

@@missmollychips2598 Is that the country, and where about is it?

[@carolrowan-wo5zu]

I found it! Thank you for your help.

[@BiBiandGiGihomesteading]

pietrukst man latvijas sisteemas krasnis

[@krisackerman8996]

Your stove is too young to smoke!

[@Storge.]

Snow will be quite heavy on that wind turbine too, no?

[@chloesmom412]

Bitty,.bitty, bitty.

[@roberthillyard4234]

can you please slow down when taking as you to fast for subs problem you have is no bottom draft m8

[@bridgwll]

You can slow the video down.

[@turtlegrams6582]

📯🕒⏳⌛🤍; David brain man 👍