who has a dampner in thier stove pipe

[toolhawk]

Should I put a dampner in the exhaust stove pipe ??? daka indoor wood funace 3rd season , never had one before , just thinking about it , stove has auto air supply to fire box and everything has been awesome

 

[turnkey4099]

Should I put a dampner in the exhaust stove pipe ??? daka indoor wood funace 3rd season , never had one before , just thinking about it , stove has auto air supply to fire box and everything has been awesome

IMO airtights do not need a damper and will cause more problems than they cure. The were used on the old, non-airtights as an additional draft control.

Harry K

 

[Sprig]

Agree wth Harry 99.9%, air-tights shouldn't need a damper, but I have had them on a couple of airtight stoves, a lot more cleaning as the cooler chimney above them tends to get crudded up much quicker as the gases condense, had a couple of nice mid-morning "blow the lids off" flash gas fires (resulting in airing the house out), glad everything was screwed together well. Was saving an extra penny worth of wood worth it? Doubt it. In all cases the dampers were either removed or never used. My 0.02$ worth on this miserable wet 'n' chilly morning, stokin' the fire and off ta bed, and no, the big Pacific airtight we are using now is not dampered, straight 8" through the roof and regularly cleaned.

 

[paladin]

I have a greenbriar non air tight stove and I need to use a dampener on it. I have a friend that has a daka air tight and doesnt have one or need a stove pipe dampener. On the greenbriar you do all your dampening though the stove pipe because my chimmey drafts well so you need to control the out not in.

 

[woodfarmer]

then why mess with it!

 

[wdchuck]

I too have a DAKA, with double wall smoke pipe and did put the damper in, it is coming out, no need with the auto damper on the door, and it's a pain to clean around.

 

[NYH1]

I have a Avalon Rainier woodstove insert. I had to put a damper in the stove pipe. I would pull the lever out to slow the burn rate down and I could get it to slow down enough. I don't have to use the damper all the time, but it's there when I need it.

 

[laynes69]

I have a wood furnace and I have a damper in the flue. I used to think it was the thing to do because my father has had one there for years, but I realized I could still achieve an overnight burn with it open. I keep it open now, and If I have to I'll close it a little when its down to a coal bed to help keep some heat in the furnace. Really If I did it again, I wouldn't have one. The only way you may need one is if you cant control the furnace.

 

[Patrick62]

I got one

garage stove. Big schrader, and when the wind kicks up a bit it causes excessive draw. On calm days it is not needed. Cleaning is not a issue as I tend to run the thing really hard fairly often.

-Pat

 

[olyman]

i have one---why!!!!! becuase i have a older but good chimney thats inside the house---10 in dia--and that thing has a LOTTTTTTTTT of draft!!!! so i use one--and yes-- i have a airtight stove---but went theres even the slightest wind--i have bunches of draft--and it sucks the fire right out of the stove---but i use it judaciously----