My wood stove wont heat hot enough to heat home past 64 degrees?

Question

I have a wood burner. It has a blower on it that heats the home. However it wont get past 64 degrees, and thats still too cold. I am using dry wood, but its burning u ptoo quick. What can I do to make the heat last longer and burn hotter??

Answer 1

Are you closing the damper back on the stove, or is it staying wide open? Also if you are closing the damper, and it is putting off all the heat it can then you might start looking for air leaks around doors and windows. Is the stove drawing air well? If not you might need to have the chimney swept. You can mix a little green wood in with the dry wood, say maybe one piece green to two pieces dry and that will slow it down some. If it's an older home and not well insulated, then you may not be able to keep it any warmer. I had a home I was renting once, that you couldn't keep it warm unless you burned it down. I had two stoves going full tilt and was still cold. Good luck. If you need more info and would like to mail me, email me at [e-mail]

Answer 2

Shut your flu damper some. It is located behind the stove on the pipe the feeds the chimney. Sounds like you have it wide open and the heat is going up the chimney. Try it at about half closed and adjust it from there. If there isn't on on the chimney pie you need to have one installed.

Just a thought, did you inspect or have you had your chimney inspected for creosote residue?

Answer 3

I dont know what kind of stove you have but I would adjust the dampers on the bottom front of the stove and on the flew pipe. If they're wide open the wood will burn up with little heat.

Answer 4

Check The Dampers For combustion air.

Answer 5

too dry wood needs lots of air to combust properly, or u get unburned creosote in chimney. crazy but true!
i'd try mixing with greenner wood or add water to fire with a spray bottle to experiment. good luck.

Answer 6

You may need to replace the insulated gasket around the doors.