I installed a new wood stove with me pipes and it was awesome! But last night so if a sudden the smoke started coming out of the crevices in the pipes so I had to distinguish the fire. So today I had to remove the mesh from the top, I'm guessing to keep the birds out but it just have me a headache so I had to remove it. So now it's working fine.
My daddy had a Whopper wheel that fell down in the chimney one year and you don't hear them much anymore around here and I miss it really bad I hear him every once in a while. ☺️
Yep, I use a 1/2" hardware cloth 'spark arrestor'. It keeps bits of embers from falling on my cloth yurt roof, and keeps any critters out. For me it is essential to have but yes, it needs cleaning about 3 times in a heating season and I found out the hard way just like what you described. Smoke coming in through the cracks of the pipes inside. Lesson learned, check regularly.
Thanks for sharing! We've had half a dozen birds in the stove. (Only one didn't survive). I was debating on what to put up there but after your video, I agree, chicken wire is the way I'll go.
I just installed my first woodstove and just two day ago I had this same issue, same exact wire. What had happened was a week of rain and water was finding itself in the flu from outside. 6' pipe about 7 pieces of wood I tried burning. Today I found the issue ,fixed the seams of the pipe and replaced screen with larger holes.
We had 1/2 inch hardware cloth around our vent top and it got clogged with soot during the latest cold snap. I removed the hardware cloth and tonight I removed a starling from the inside of out wood stove. What fun.
Glad you were home / awake when that happened! Of course something like this always happens during a snow & ice storm when you can't go fix it..... I think the chicken wire will work great
Yeah me too......the smoke didn't come out of the stove or lower flu pipe but just up in the loft where the triple wall sections are from the seams and of course smoke rises and we were down on the bottom so it had to fill the loft area before we really knew. The smoke detector battery was dead also...ooops. 2 Lessons learned. ;)
Oh...by the way....did you just have to write the Box off? It's been almost 2 months and I myself haven't heard anything. Sorry it went south. That's sucks too cause I gifted close to $200 in that thing for folks to enjoy but most was for that young couple doing the build. I even put a little note in there for them explaining that and the box wasn't suppose to leave them at the size I sent it cause I THOUGHT we were gifting a nice couple with kids trying to start a fresh. Seems like you just can't do anything nice now days without someone trying to knock it somehow. I still got the mails showing that they knew and gave them a heads up. No big deal...just a little curious how the box got to the size it did and not knowing where the things went that I put in it. Was hoping you would at least get something out of the deal. Sometimes I just have a real distaste for humans. LoL
@@3basketliving I emailed the last known recipient last weekend, but haven't heard back yet. I'm going to give another poke this weekend. I'd love to get that thing back in action. I appreciate all the efforts you put into the gifts and the video
We have a oil-fired water heater. And a small bird came down the flue and got into the jacket of the heater. It smelled like fried chicken. It was during a cold snap in the middle of winter. So that sucker was looking for heat. Going to a wood burning insert, I have since capped all the flues with a nice stainless cap.
Wall heater?? Is it a wood burner? If not then I suspect it doesn't produce creosote. That would be the difference if your burning gas and I'm burning wood. ;)
My vent cover screen that I had on has 1/4" square holes. The creosote built up clogging the holes. 1" holes will probably be fine...that's why I said i'm gonna go with chicken wire. You didn't clarify if your Wall Heater is a wood burner.
I think I would like to agree....although I didn't really harp on it...It filled the cabin completely up with smoke and I was still awake. It could have had a real potential of things being a lot worse. I'm just glad I was here AND awake.
Thank you for posting your mistakes so we can learn from it
In Pa, 1/2" screen is small as you can go and be up to code, a d people still clog that regularly. All on how you burn and what you burn.
I installed a new wood stove with me pipes and it was awesome! But last night so if a sudden the smoke started coming out of the crevices in the pipes so I had to distinguish the fire. So today I had to remove the mesh from the top, I'm guessing to keep the birds out but it just have me a headache so I had to remove it. So now it's working fine.
Super glad you guys are ok !
Me too Rob.
I’m having same problem thank you for your effort and the video
My daddy had a Whopper wheel that fell down in the chimney one year and you don't hear them much anymore around here and I miss it really bad I hear him every once in a while. ☺️
Yep, I use a 1/2" hardware cloth 'spark arrestor'. It keeps bits of embers from falling on my cloth yurt roof, and keeps any critters out. For me it is essential to have but yes, it needs cleaning about 3 times in a heating season and I found out the hard way just like what you described. Smoke coming in through the cracks of the pipes inside. Lesson learned, check regularly.
Good information. Thanks. I built a wood stone and I was going to put it in my tiny house at some point.
Thanks....just don't restrict the draft or flow of things like I did....I should have known better.
Thanks for sharing! We've had half a dozen birds in the stove. (Only one didn't survive). I was debating on what to put up there but after your video, I agree, chicken wire is the way I'll go.
Well hello Mr. Thorn.....my mistake your gain. ;)
I just installed my first woodstove and just two day ago I had this same issue, same exact wire.
What had happened was a week of rain and water was finding itself in the flu from outside.
6' pipe about 7 pieces of wood I tried burning.
Today I found the issue ,fixed the seams of the pipe and replaced screen with larger holes.
Yeah that 1/4" is just too small.
We had 1/2 inch hardware cloth around our vent top and it got clogged with soot during the latest cold snap. I removed the hardware cloth and tonight I removed a starling from the inside of out wood stove. What fun.
Glad you were home / awake when that happened! Of course something like this always happens during a snow & ice storm when you can't go fix it..... I think the chicken wire will work great
Yeah me too......the smoke didn't come out of the stove or lower flu pipe but just up in the loft where the triple wall sections are from the seams and of course smoke rises and we were down on the bottom so it had to fill the loft area before we really knew. The smoke detector battery was dead also...ooops. 2 Lessons learned. ;)
Oh...by the way....did you just have to write the Box off? It's been almost 2 months and I myself haven't heard anything. Sorry it went south. That's sucks too cause I gifted close to $200 in that thing for folks to enjoy but most was for that young couple doing the build. I even put a little note in there for them explaining that and the box wasn't suppose to leave them at the size I sent it cause I THOUGHT we were gifting a nice couple with kids trying to start a fresh. Seems like you just can't do anything nice now days without someone trying to knock it somehow. I still got the mails showing that they knew and gave them a heads up. No big deal...just a little curious how the box got to the size it did and not knowing where the things went that I put in it. Was hoping you would at least get something out of the deal. Sometimes I just have a real distaste for humans. LoL
@@3basketliving I emailed the last known recipient last weekend, but haven't heard back yet. I'm going to give another poke this weekend. I'd love to get that thing back in action. I appreciate all the efforts you put into the gifts and the video
Thanks for letting me learn from Your mistake!!!
Chicken wire will burn through fast. Fasten a piece of 1/2"×1" rabbit wire on from the outside so you can remove to hose it. Used it for many years.
We have a oil-fired water heater. And a small bird came down the flue and got into the jacket of the heater. It smelled like fried chicken. It was during a cold snap in the middle of winter. So that sucker was looking for heat. Going to a wood burning insert, I have since capped all the flues with a nice stainless cap.
Thanks for info..doin wood stove heat. And living in very birdy. Area in swampland..chicken wire it is then .
Use 1/2×1 rabbit wire. Keeps birds out and lets creosote flow out.
Good video, live, and learn.
Yes indeed!
You can't get a vent with small holes in it? I've got one on my wall heater vent, had it for 40 years.
Wall heater?? Is it a wood burner? If not then I suspect it doesn't produce creosote. That would be the difference if your burning gas and I'm burning wood. ;)
3 Basket Living Whats that got to do with vent cover? I use cover with one inch square holes that sparrows cant get into.
My vent cover screen that I had on has 1/4" square holes. The creosote built up clogging the holes. 1" holes will probably be fine...that's why I said i'm gonna go with chicken wire. You didn't clarify if your Wall Heater is a wood burner.
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Don't go too big- Don't want embers flying and lighting your world on fire.
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supposed to use 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch!!
Dude. If THAT'S the worst mistake you make this year yer WAY ahead. JMHO.
I think I would like to agree....although I didn't really harp on it...It filled the cabin completely up with smoke and I was still awake. It could have had a real potential of things being a lot worse. I'm just glad I was here AND awake.
carpenters cloth people
When your not burning wood throw a five gallon bucket over it
It might look a little odd but who cares...that's a good idea.
How on earth does a bird get into a wood stove pipe?
Ummmmmm......Fly, land, fall??? LoL I'm just taking a guess of course. ;)
No, I meant how does the bird get passed the hardware cloth part? That did not make sense at first. @@3basketliving
@@weatherstorms the cloth went on after there was a problem with the birds entering in during the spring and summer.
Oh okay I see what you are saying.@@3basketliving
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