Why the furnace smokes

Why the furnace smokes

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Owners of owner-occupied dwellings with the furnace often face the following problem: in windy weather the furnace burns, smokes from all slots and when on the street it is quiet, the furnace functions normally. In what business? The causes of such problem can be absolutely different.

When about pipe the high tree or wall, wind is located, kind of hitting against them, falls down and gets to pipe, than blocks smoke exit. In this regard the furnace begins to smoke. To get rid of it, it is necessary to make so-called cap over pipe which will protect it from wind.

If near pipe there are no obstacles, and the furnace all the same continues to smoke, it is necessary to observe the movement of wind. If it occurs when wind blows from the side, opposite to roof, and during its movement with another there is no smoking, so the pipe is located closer, than in one and a half meters from roof ridge, or above it on 20 cm. In that case it is necessary to increase pipe with the purpose it was above the fad not less than on 25 cm, or to make cap over pipe.

Also destruction of pipe can be the cause. For example, it is damaged from above, or in invisible part from the fad. It can happen if the laying of furnaces is made from slaboobozhzhenny brick which collapses from gas and precipitation. Furnaces and fireplaces which are exposed to destructions begin to work badly. Therefore it is necessary to examine annually the furnace and in case of need to do its repair. Also the furnace for bath, namely flue, it is regularly necessary to clean from soot. Quite often the furnace can smoke in connection with malfunctions of gas flues and hogs on the attic. Time they are washed away by rain through openings in roof. If seams become bare, then they need to be cleaned at once, to moisten a little and to hammer densely with clay. However thehandsit is not recommended to repair the furnace in that case, it is better to charge performance of this task to the expert. Wood-fired furnaces should not be blown on all length of fire chamber. The big mass of cold air hits against back wall in fire chamber and ricochet beats out from it smoke. Therefore it is necessary to put part of ashpit to avoid emergence of smoke. Besides, the burned-through oven can become the reason of its undesirable. If to change it for new there is no opportunity, then it is possible to solve problem, having put bricks on clay cabinet bottom.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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