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Steam Draft
Morning all,
Two years ago we insulated the sugarhouse and covered the walls. We have an oil fired arch. Now, unless we open the door a few inches, we have little to no steam draft. We heat the sugarhouse with a wood stove but even when it's all warmed up, we still have lots of steam. Anyone else have this issue? What did you do to increase your draft? I hate keeping the door open, it makes my feet cold!
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do you have a cupola or do you have a good with a steam stack? if you have a hood and stack, you can try adding another length or two to your steam stack? More stack should increase your draft?!
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I have the same problem and i have a huge cupola with no steam hood i have to do the same thing leave my side door open a few inches which makes it cold my cupola is like 4X4 i have tried fans and the only thing that works is the door being open. So good luck trying to figure it out and i really dont want to get a hood
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Evening,
Been out in the woods chasing leaks. We have a cupola and the opening is bigger than the evaporator. The evap is a 2x6 and the opening is directly above, approx 3.5'x7'. There are four door on the cupola approx 2'x2' each (friggin thing is big). That's why I can't believe that it won't draft. Thinking about putting in a "dog door" or something I can adjust to let some air in.