Multi Fuel Stove - Smoke

Sparkymark01

Just a little update. Almost every shop or installer I spoke to told me that the stove won't be the problem it's definitely the flu. Well today I took my arundel XL out and replaced it with a Parkray aspect 7. It's a beautiful stove and really well made and best of all absolutely no smoke coming out the door! Same flu same everything,  different stove and problems gone. My stove will be going back to the supplier which have actually been amazing at dealing with this for me and supplied me with my Parkray. The supplier is direct stoves/ direct fireplaces.co.uk. And would highly recommend them. 

J_B

Sparkymark01 said:

Just a little update. Almost every shop or installer I spoke to told me that the stove won't be the problem it's definitely the flu.

Best try some Beechams powders then .....

I'll get my coat ................... 🤦‍♂️

Sparkymark01

Hahaha yeah my bad 🤣🤣🤣 now I look like an idiot. All that time it probably just needed some decongestant 🤭

Bishenden

We have previously had a Stovax in our current property and when reloading with wood there is no smoke entering the room.  

The Portway Arundal, lets so much smoke enter the room every time the door is opened to refuel.  We have followed the instructions and made sure the primary air valve is open, tried opening up the door as little as possible but no matter what different techniques we use, it causes the room to stink every time it is refuelled.  

Has anyone had any good responses from the manufacturer? 

Olly_J

I have this stove, and I think the smoke release issue is a mixture of the way the air wash jets from the back work, and the weather/wind conditions.

The air wash pulls air in and drives it through the jets at the back towards the glass, which also forces smoke particles to be mixed and burnt so there are less emissions. However if you open the door whilst this happens, it forces it out into the room. This effect is amplified when its windy.

Essentially the way I've found to minimise this is try not to open the door whilst there are still yellow flames present, as this will almost certainly result in smoke release, esp if windy.

When you do refuel open the bottom valve and close the top as much as possible.

I have a Jenkins Go Eco too and this has a similar issue and design, so it does seem to be somewhat inherent due to the air wash jet mechanism perhaps

MX5huggy

Try opening a window in the room before opening the stove door. This is changes the air pressure in the room and may help (it might make it worse!)