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- The heating of old houses | Hearth. com Forums Home
The oldest portion of the house was built in the 1850's and the large portion of the house was added on in 1906 The old portion of the house consists of what used to be the main house now our kitchen and a summer kitchen, both of witch have a thimble in the wall but the original chimneys have been torn down below the roof line and roofed over
- Vermont casting dauntless | Hearth. com Forums Home
I just bought this stove, without a cat,this year as I moved into a new house, and replaced the old stove onto the existing chimney system It is a wall exit setup with 2 90s and is probably a hair too short to meet normal standards However, when the stove is running well, draft is not an issue
- Tips on if Your pellet stove is burning lazy and or getting smoke in . . .
The last time I was at that house MY SELF for a full service about 3 years ago it had a wood stove cap on it We took it off and put on a wood stove cap and ran the stove Worked good 4 hours latter she calls doing it again I tell her to leave the stove on I go out there put a Magnahilic gage on it Poor pressure and little change with air
- No power to circulator pump | Hearth. com Forums Home
So if you tie the burner pump together, the pump will stop every time the boiler gets up to temp If the 8148 aquatstat is faulty, I would replace it $130 on Supply House website But I would first make very sure it is faulty Part of a typical setup also is that there is a zone valve between the thermostat, and the aquatstat
- House Humidity With Woodstove. | Hearth. com Forums Home
A house that is so dry that its occupants want to humidify is a house that leaks far too much outside air That dry air is flushing out the humidity produced by human activity inside So EBL is right: if your house is too dry inside in winter, the first thing to do is a serious air-leakage-sealing operation, perhaps by a professional using a
- my stove pipe leaks smoke into my house - Hearth. com Forums
Chimney needing cleaning often, blackened glass, smoke leaking at seam; first thoughts are stove being run too low, wet wood, poor draft or a combination of these
- Please advise! Neighbours wood smoke blowing into my home
My family and I just moved into a new house 4 months ago located next to a wood burner He has a wood stove that has been used all winter as well as into the spring as their primary source of heat This would be no issue of course, but the problem is that the smoke is billowing laterally downward from the chimney and into our home
- mini split usage in 2-story home with small bedrooms on second floor
In your house, that'd be less likely to happen, unless you have a habit of leaving windows open while running AC There have been many drainage issues tied to minisplits, but usually any experienced installer is aware of these sortcomings, and then tend to be cautious in their drain line slope and planning
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