Backdraft521
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Hello All! New to the page here! Alot of great information.
I have been searching all morning trying to find a solution to my issue, and maybe there is someone around that may know whats going on.
So yesterday morning I came home as normal to load the unit, and remove what ash (as i do almost every other to every 3 days). I noticed one of the shaker grates were broken. I let the fire die down and returned hours later to try to find a fix.
I ended up just placing 2 pieces of angle iron across the steel channel, and laid a piece of grate down until I was able to purchase a whole new grate. I re fired the unit and went inside. About 6 hours later I returned to load the stove for the night, everything seemed fine.
As of this morning the stove was over boiling!!! And I had lost a lot of water due to the condensation and steam. I refilled the water, and removed the coals and what wood was left. Also note that when opening the ash door, there were ZERO coals or ash on the bottom. Looked as if all the coals where in a pile laying with what wood was still present. Im unsure if the blower had been running just before i walked out. All the coals that were laying were cherry red.
Now with all that said, did the new grate not allow the coals to fall to the bottom and cause an over heat due to the void space below? I cant seem to find any air leak. Once the grate was removed and what coals fell to the bottom, i closed all doors, waited, and re opened. All the coals were out, but relit. Whats going on here? Afraid to relight, but its 17 out! Please Help!
I have been searching all morning trying to find a solution to my issue, and maybe there is someone around that may know whats going on.
So yesterday morning I came home as normal to load the unit, and remove what ash (as i do almost every other to every 3 days). I noticed one of the shaker grates were broken. I let the fire die down and returned hours later to try to find a fix.
I ended up just placing 2 pieces of angle iron across the steel channel, and laid a piece of grate down until I was able to purchase a whole new grate. I re fired the unit and went inside. About 6 hours later I returned to load the stove for the night, everything seemed fine.
As of this morning the stove was over boiling!!! And I had lost a lot of water due to the condensation and steam. I refilled the water, and removed the coals and what wood was left. Also note that when opening the ash door, there were ZERO coals or ash on the bottom. Looked as if all the coals where in a pile laying with what wood was still present. Im unsure if the blower had been running just before i walked out. All the coals that were laying were cherry red.
Now with all that said, did the new grate not allow the coals to fall to the bottom and cause an over heat due to the void space below? I cant seem to find any air leak. Once the grate was removed and what coals fell to the bottom, i closed all doors, waited, and re opened. All the coals were out, but relit. Whats going on here? Afraid to relight, but its 17 out! Please Help!