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Guys, can anyone offer some ideas? Our woodstove was not burning as well last spring since it needed a good cleaning after the season. Now, nothing will stay burning in it at all. I do the usual routine of some paper and dry pine kindling to get it hot and everything burns out and this is with the flue in even a wide open position. Can anyone offer thoughts and ideas please?

Thanks!

Screened top of chimney clogged with ash, no draw up flue

More cowbell.

Airflow restricted somewhere- - - -try removing whatever top is on the chimney and see if things improve. I eventually went to a cone shaped rain deflector instead of the fancy louvered diffuser- - - -made a world of difference in the draw.

Is your wood dry enough? Do you use a moisture meter?

Sorry, yes woodstove not Woodstock. It seems to burn out whether it’s dry wood or slightly wet or wood I know obviously wetter wood is not what we’re looking for but this year in Maine was so wet in the spring even so it dries out or rather the fire goes out with even dry pine kindling, so yeah, I think the issue is a draw issue. I just don’t know how to solve this. I guess I’ve reached out to or I will be reaching out to the company that services stove and because it was working fine last spring. I’ll be a little slow and since they’ve cleaned it Seem to work at all so appreciate the input fellas thank

I made the cap for my top stack, I made it much higher and therefore much wider than store bought to keep rain and snow out. Works very well, if that’s your problem.

Sort of sounds like it’s not drafting from the inside?
I’ve seen them with the top plugged where they still lit and of course filled the room with smoke, if it won’t even stay lit you may have to look to the inside draft?

Osky

Are you getting smoke out of the chimney?

20 coats of Tung oil should do it....

Is the room/house sealed so tight that there is no/little incoming air to allow draft airflow?

What make/model stove is it?

You need to get a moisture meter. Bring a piece into the house, let it set at room temp. Take it outside the next day, split it and test the freshly split face. You need that wood below 17 percent.
Sounds like you are burning some 27 percent wood.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/General-Tools-Instruments-Digital-Test-Meter/3136919

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Must be a baffle somewhere choked if you say your flue is ok?

Hold the door to the stove open for a bit

This.

Woodstove with a flue? No pipe?

I got a old fisher that can be a bitch

It is not one of those that has a catalytic converter is it? The feds can screwup things without even trying.

Truth

#1 issue to check (or have serviced) is the chimney and topper... Something's blocking the air flow.. Could be a nest at the top? Or some blockage for sure would be my guess..