8904jo Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Recently fitted a multi fuel stove. Correctly installed etc by a certified fitter and had the chimney cleaned first. New burn smell was horrendous first couple of days then subsided only to be replaced by a new smell. When the stove is on the whole house smells of burning, not smokey as it doesn’t set off the carbon monoxide alarm or smoke alarms just pure burning/singeing smell. Fitter came out and did smoke test but stove seemed fine but the company in question replaced it with a new stove. Refitted, resealed all flus etc but a few days in and the smell is as bad as ever. Not just as bad when burning smokeless coal but wood is horrendous. The draw from the stove seems fine and the heat is amazing - just can’t enjoy it because of the smell! Help please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Type of property, old, new, how many chimneys, what air inlet ducts are there, what type of stove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I feel for you. We had a new wood burning stove fitted in an old house and it had a very distinct smell when it was new, I cant remember how long for, but I guess that's not the 'burning' smell you are describing. Was a liner fitted at the same time? Did you have it swept before installation? Did the sweep notice anything? Can you identify the source of the smell? Is it from the stove/chimney/joints or even another chimney in the house? This wont be the whole answer but do you have a dampmeter to check you aren't burning wood >20% moisture? Or contaminated wood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8904jo Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Hi thanks for replies. House was built in 1996, one chimney. Maybe should have said we have been using an open fire with a back boiler and this was all disconnected professionally so don’t think there’s any issue there. Impossible to identify where the smell is coming from. We are burning new dry wood (husband is a construction site supervisor so plenty of offcuts). Also have tried using smokeless coal only and smell is still there albeit not quite as bad. We have a liner fitted and chimney was swept before installation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8904jo Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Also it’s a Henleys Kells stove, with both primary & secondary air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 They almost all smell of burning paint when new because the heat is needed to fully "set" the paint. As for smoke.. go outside and check where the smoke is going. Could it be lingering around the house and coming back in via trickle vents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Good healthy natural smells. Can't possibly be anything nasty in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/16/home-wood-burning-biggest-cause-particle-pollution-fires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8904jo Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Hi Temp - we are way past the new paint smell. And it’s not smoky just smells of pure burning - as mentioned doesn’t set off any of the alarms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8904jo Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 08:46, ProDave said: Type of property, old, new, how many chimneys, what air inlet ducts are there, what type of stove? Hi all quick update. We removed the baffle plate to check the chimney. No smell in the house, fire burning straight up so the problem is definitely not the chimney! Problem is with the baffle plates in. Any more advice would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 House too air tight? No air brick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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