well today was interesting. i have 2 carbon minoxide detectors in my house. a plug in one upstairs and a battery powered one in the cellar.
ok ive been really sick since tuesday.i have been basicly spending all my days and nights in the living room so i dont keep the wife awake all night.
ive kinda been light headed most of the week aswell.
so outta the blue the wife goes check the carbon minoxide detector i feel all wacked out. so i got look at it and it seems fine. so i go get the battery powered one from the cellar just to be sure and i bring it upstairs and it starts howling. i couldnt believe it. so i tell her to take the kids to my mothers house while i try to see whats going on here.
so i open all the windows and doors for prolly a hour and a half or so. i emptied the insert of the burning wood and all the coals. let it cool a bit, ripped it out pulled down the flew pipe.
i was expecting to find a blockage but it was remarkably clean. i even checked the chimney cap for the hell of it. so i removed the secondary burn tubes so i could really clean the top plate of the insert. i actually flipped it on its back and cleaned EVERYTHING. then put it all back together did some gasket work on the door (was a bit loose) i put some fiberglass stove cement where the stove pipe and the ss pipe join together too for good measure.
Honestly i have no idea why this happened. i only hope the carbon minoxide was only an issue today as everyone is always exposed to it.
does anyone have any idea what could have happened? i didnt find it to be really dirty by anymeans.
ive had this insert for 3 winters now and this has never happened before. im tempted to fire it up again (once i get a new detector) and see if its ok. i see no reason why it shouldnt work perfectly. also the flex pipe is surrounded with fiberglass insullation up inside the chimney liner to keep and smoke or gasses from comming back down. it was before too but i made sure this time its 100% sealed off.
sorry this is so long i just wanted to get it all out there.
ok ive been really sick since tuesday.i have been basicly spending all my days and nights in the living room so i dont keep the wife awake all night.
ive kinda been light headed most of the week aswell.
so outta the blue the wife goes check the carbon minoxide detector i feel all wacked out. so i got look at it and it seems fine. so i go get the battery powered one from the cellar just to be sure and i bring it upstairs and it starts howling. i couldnt believe it. so i tell her to take the kids to my mothers house while i try to see whats going on here.
so i open all the windows and doors for prolly a hour and a half or so. i emptied the insert of the burning wood and all the coals. let it cool a bit, ripped it out pulled down the flew pipe.
i was expecting to find a blockage but it was remarkably clean. i even checked the chimney cap for the hell of it. so i removed the secondary burn tubes so i could really clean the top plate of the insert. i actually flipped it on its back and cleaned EVERYTHING. then put it all back together did some gasket work on the door (was a bit loose) i put some fiberglass stove cement where the stove pipe and the ss pipe join together too for good measure.
Honestly i have no idea why this happened. i only hope the carbon minoxide was only an issue today as everyone is always exposed to it.
does anyone have any idea what could have happened? i didnt find it to be really dirty by anymeans.
ive had this insert for 3 winters now and this has never happened before. im tempted to fire it up again (once i get a new detector) and see if its ok. i see no reason why it shouldnt work perfectly. also the flex pipe is surrounded with fiberglass insullation up inside the chimney liner to keep and smoke or gasses from comming back down. it was before too but i made sure this time its 100% sealed off.
sorry this is so long i just wanted to get it all out there.