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From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Help with poorly drawing chimney
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 14:25:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 14:25:35 1985
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> ...
> The problem is that the chimney draws poorly both during
> the lighting period and after the fire is established, causing
> more than a little wood smoke to billow into the room.

"Warming" the chimney should help. Do this by crumpling some
newspaper slightly, lighting it and holding it up close to the
damper, or as far up as you can reach. Do this while in the
early stages of lighting the fire, before its gotten well started.

> a metal screen and glass doors. When the doors are closed, the fire
> burns better (hotter), and the flue draws well. When I open the glass
> doors to add wood, or let more heat into the room, then
> in comes the smoke.

I don't know what to do about this other than possibly placing
the wood farther back into the fireplace or setting it on a
higher cradle.
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