There are many reasons why you should be keeping your wood stove burning hot. To start, having a warm and cozy home is always nice during the winter months. The air will also smell much nicer and it will eliminate the need for candles or any other type of artificial lighting! Not only that, but it can save you money on gas bills too.
The number one reason why you should be keeping your stove burning hot is that it can keep the air in your home warm. This will help to avoid cold drafts and other problems that could arise during the winter months.
It also eliminates many of those problems, like having to use candles or other types of lighting! Not only does this make for a more enjoyable experience overall but it’s safer too since you won’t have any open flames around either.
What is a Wood Stove and How Does it Work?
A wood stove is a small heater that burns logs to warm your home. Wood stoves take advantage of the natural tendency for hot air and smoke to rise and spread outwards into all corners of a room, making them more efficient than other heaters like space heaters or oil-based furnaces. A wood stove uses combustion – where fuel (the logs) reacts with oxygen – in order to release energy as both fire and heat.
This process releases flammable gases such as carbon monoxide which can be harmful if released without proper ventilation; however, most newer models have automated systems that adjust airflow depending on how much you’re heating it up at the time.
A wood stove is a small heater that burns logs to warm your home. Wood stoves take advantage of the natural tendency for hot air and smoke to rise and spread outwards into all corners of a room, making them more efficient than other heaters like space heaters or oil-based furnaces. A wood stove uses combustion – where fuel (the logs) reacts with oxygen – in order to release energy as both fire and heat.
This process releases flammable gases such as carbon monoxide which can be harmful if released without proper ventilation; however, most newer models have automated systems that adjust airflow depending on how much you’re heating it up at the time.
Why is my Wood Stove Burning Hot
There are a few different reasons why your wood stove might be burning hotter than normal. The first reason is that the air controls on it aren’t adjusted properly, which means not enough fresh air is getting in and you need to get them fixed.
Another thing could be that there isn’t much firewood inside of it; this will make sure more heat builds up and eventually starts turning into flames instead of just smoke.
Also, check for cracks or holes in the chimney pipe where CO (carbon monoxide) can escape from if they exist then you should try using an indoor fan after starting your appliance so all smoke moves out through your chimneys before going back indoors again – This way you won’t have any build-up with carbon monoxide.
Why do I Need to Adjust the Damper on My Wood Stove?
The damper on your wood stove is what allows you to control how much air enters the firebox. If it’s too open, then there won’t be enough oxygen entering the firebox and that will mean a smoky house. Too closed means an inefficient burn which could damage parts of your stove.
You can adjust this with just about any modern wood-burning appliance by opening/closing or adjusting its twin levers or knobs towards one another (more closed) or apart from one another (less closed).
The Air Vents Are Open By Too Much
Fire is best when the air vents are open just enough. This allows for a slow burn, at around 400 degrees. The hotter it gets in your home the faster everything burns up and you lose more heat energy to get rid of all that extra smoke! Keep those vents closed about an inch if possible or 30% less than what they originally were set at before winter started.
If you have a glass door on your stove, try to keep the temp around 400 degrees. If it gets any hotter, close off some of those air vents and open up the ash pan for about 30 seconds then close that too..
A fire that is constantly being fed with wood has an increased chance of creosote forming in your chimney system. This can be minimized by properly burning them at a lower temperature as discussed above! Use a thermometer if possible inside your house to monitor how hot it’s getting.
You will start seeing more smoke coming from your stack instead of clear blue heat energy going into the sky! That means you need to stop feeding immediately or risk causing damage to either yourself or the home itself due to carbon monoxide poisoning or having a chimney fire from too much heat!
Don’t forget to keep your windows open on the coldest days, it will help save you some money and your furnace won’t have to work as hard getting rid of all that hot air. If possible try to get at least one window always open in every room for circulation purposes. I know this can be difficult with children around but sometimes we must make sacrifices for the safety of our loved ones…
Too Much Wood Is On The Fire
If you find yourself putting more wood on the fire than necessary, to make it burn hotter, then your stove is probably too large. The correct size of a wood stove depends on how much space there is in your home or cabin and what type of heating appliances are already installed.
If you have an old-fashioned cast iron fireplace insert that takes up all the available space, chances are very good that you will be wanting something smaller like a small pellet boiler which would only provide supplemental heat for one room at best. On the other hand, if you live out in the country with plenty of land around your house so as not to feel crowded by trees or neighbors property lines, but do not want to give up having an open-hearth style fireplace, then you might want to get a stove that is on the smaller side like an EPA certified wood stove, which would give you more heat than one of those pellet boilers.
But if you do not have any other heating appliance in your home or cabin, then likely what you are looking for will be something larger and taller than most people ever consider buying. A masonry heater with up to about 42 inches in height may work great by itself but it could also mean putting some serious space between yourself and it while sitting on the couch watching TV. That distance can change depending upon how much insulation there is inside your house plus where all your windows happen to be located, so don’t think just because somebody else had success using their cast iron fireplace insert that you will too.
The majority of wood stoves on the market today are between 17 and 30 inches in height, with some of them being as tall as 37 or 38 inches. The average size for a family home is more like 24 to 28 inches high, while cabins and cottages might be around 18-20″s.
Remember: If your firewood stove is burning hot, then it’s probably because there’s too much wood on the fire!
The Stove Is Oversized
If your stove is oversized for the space it occupies, you are not getting all of its healing potentials. Oversized stoves often have low efficiencies because they do not allow the wood to burn completely or properly in them, leading to incomplete combustion and leaving behind smoke particles that will cause problems over time.
- The stove has a poor draft and is not burning hot enough.
Your wood stove should never be smoldering, but it also shouldn’t burn so hot that you can barely stand to open the door or stoke it at all. You should always be able to open your air vents for better ventilation when needed and add more logs without fear of overheating your home.
If this isn’t happening in your current setup, there might be something wrong with either the flue design or its ability to draw efficiently from outside air sources (commonly known as “draft”). A properly designed chimney will vent smoke out of the house very quickly once getting started by using warm air rising up inside the structure itself.
- The flue is too small.
If your stovepipe or chimney doesn’t give the smoke enough room to flow, it will accumulate inside and cause all sorts of problems for you over time. A good rule of thumb when sizing a stovepipe is one inch in diameter per every foot run until reaching outside air sources at its terminus (either an open window or exterior vent). Your wood stove should also be equipped with a heat-powered fan that will push warm gases through the system quickly, adding additional power once up to speed.
The Stove Door Isn’t Closed Properly
The first thing many people will likely do if their stove is not burning hot is to open the door and see what’s going on. But, before you go opening up your wood stove make sure the door has been closed properly because there are other things that could be causing it to burn too cold as well.
A common mistake that many homeowners have made when using a wood-burning appliance for years or decades without ever having problems with it working poorly is simply assuming they know how everything works inside of it. There are three ways in which this can lead someone down an incorrect path towards fixing something wrong with their unit:
- First, some owners may assume that changing out parts used to fix one problem should also work for another issue entirely.
- Second, they may assume that the issue is a result of how much wood is in it. For example, if their stove burns too cold when there’s not enough fuel inside then obviously more wood should fix this problem. The same goes for other problems such as smoke coming out instead of heat being produced from the fire.
- Third, some people will take action based on what worked to solve an earlier similar problem with another appliance or different unit entirely without thinking about whether or not this solution would actually work here and now either because they don’t know any better or simply haven’t thought things through fully before acting swiftly and decisively.
If you have been using your stove regularly up until recently but no longer feel comfortable using it then there are likely several reasons for this. It may be that you’re simply not used to your new stove yet, maybe the fuel is different or something else changed which caused a problem with how well it works appear out of nowhere.
The most common cause of stoves burning too cold however has more to do with what people have done in order to fix other problems than anything else. For example, if someone had smoke coming from their chimney instead of heat being produced by the fire itself they likely cleaned all of the creosote off both inside and outside putting an end to that issue at least temporarily but when using another appliance such as a fireplace insert everything went back to normal once again because these units use much less wood than a full-sized wood stove.
In most cases, if your unit isn’t burning hot then the first thing you should do is look at the door and make sure it has been closed properly because this problem can be caused by other factors as well such as creosote buildup inside of the firebox or not having enough fuel to produce a sufficient amount of heat for how fast you want it done without constantly monitoring things from start to finish.
After that, you will need to consider whether or not there are any signs indicating issues with either how much wood is in your firebox right now compared to what was needed previously when everything worked fine before concluding that perhaps something else changed which resulted in getting less warmth produced no matter how many logs you have inside of your stove.
If there are other problems such as smoke coming out instead of heat being produced, this is even more likely to be related to creosote buildup on the flue or chimney than anything else so it’s important for us to deal with that first before moving onto other things which can cause a problem like this one too.
Moving past all of these details and focusing entirely on how well your unit works overall when starting up if everything seems fine once it reaches its peak temperature but simply isn’t burning hot enough then most homeowners will need to consider changing their fuel source because different kinds burn at different temperatures in order for them all work properly together without any cropping up ever again.
As you can see, there are several reasons why your wood stove may not be burning hot. However, the most common one isn’t necessarily what people expect to find even though it makes sense when thinking about it more closely with all of this in mind.
This means that if your unit is working just fine once everything has settled into place but simply doesn’t burn as hot as before then chances are excellent that something went wrong somewhere else which is now causing problems instead so we need to deal with those first and foremost no matter how difficult they might seem or whether or not they will cost money for us to fix comfortably without taking too much time away from other things on our list of priorities overall.
The Draft Is Too Strong
When the woodstove in your home is not burning hot, then it probably means that there’s a problem with its draft. The main thing you need to do when the draft is too strong and creates problems for everyone around you (and yourself) is to make sure that all of the windows are closed tightly during this time.
A good way to see if they’re open or not would be by using an incense stick; just light one up and place it near each window pane while holding on tight enough so that it doesn’t fall out. If any windows aren’t completely shut, then use some small pieces of paper towel and tape/duct tape them over these areas until everything has been sealed off properly.
How To Quickly Cool Down A Wood Stove That Is Too Hot
In order to decrease the temperature of a wood stove that is burning too hot, you will need to remove some logs from the stove. This means less fuel for your fire and therefore it will burn at a more reasonable pace. In fact, if this doesn’t work you may even have to close up all but one hole in your ash box – or bottom door – so there’s only enough room for air going through the coals and preventing them from smoldering further.
A little bit of smoke should exit out of an open-top damper on a properly working wood stove as well which goes without saying!
Why Is My Wood Stove Burning So Hot?
If you’ve just purchased a new wood stove and noticed that it’s burning hot, then your first question might be: “Why is my wood stove burning so hot?” While this can mean one of two things, there are ways to reduce the temperature.
- Your wood stove is burning too hot, which means that it’s either not allowing the smoke to release or you’re putting in large pieces of dry wood. Putting in wet wood will reduce the overall temperature and should be avoided because it can damage your appliance over time.
- If you are using larger pieces of dry wood, then make sure to break them down into smaller chunks before adding them to help with airflow.
- Your flue isn’t open enough – if your flue doesn’t allow for proper air flow outside, then this can cause high temperatures inside as well. Even though there may not seem like much difference between opening or closing a window an inch each way, doing so up high on the wall where the heat comes out makes all the difference in the world.
- Your wood stove is burning too hot, which means that you are not using enough air to keep it going. If your flue pipe has twists and turns, then chances are good that it’s overfilled with creosote buildup from previous fires or just doesn’t have proper airflow. You can purchase a chimney balloon at most home improvement stores to help your appliance burn more efficiently by allowing for better airflow up through the chimney outside of your house.
Don’t forget about this ask this question if you haven’t already purchased one! It’ll prevent any accidents down the road as well as make sure all future fires are safe ones too!