My new stove is smoking

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Mary Jones

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Just lit my new stanley oisin stove and it appears to be smoking - it would cut the eyes from you and the fumes are awful.

Any ideas what the problem could be? or is it because its the first time it has been lit
 
Mary Jones said:
thank god I didn't know what was happening
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Does your stove have an airvent on it?
Mine had a lot of smoke coming from it originally,and I emailed the company (not stanley). They explained they were two air vents and they were to be left open untill the fire took hold,then half close one and fully close the other for optimum heat.
The glass went black a lot and it hid the lovely fire inside,have done a lot of research to find out how to prevent this happening ,and the best way is to use a gentle scouring pad ,dampen it and wipe it in the COLD ashes.Then use this on the glass and dry it with newspaper,it makes such a difference.
Enjoy your stove,its the best thing Ive ever bought!
 
Agree with all of the above.

Learn to know your stove, you will have to set air intake, it won't be long before you know your way around it. Strange smells will disapper as sealants fully cure and dry out.
 
Your stove needs to "Burn Off" like with a new oven, you need to light it with small fires gradually building them up over a number of days this allows the paints etc to burn off, its a terrible smoke that would cut the eyes out of you, it will be gone in a few days. If possible you should do it during the day when you could have all the windows open to allow the smell and smoke out and not have to be in the room. Thankfully an oven gets done in one or two goes.
 
thedaras, try and get your hands on a tub of Copper Sulfate.

If you light a fire and get it going, throw in a small amount of Copper Sulfate. It will turn the flames bluey green (Its a blue powder) and burn off the residue on your glass.

Its also great for reducing soot and so reducing chimney cleaning.

Its also known as Bluestone

 

Thats so cool smashbox.Thanks!! any idea where Id buy this?
 
same as the packets of soot reducers, I love looking at the blue flame
 
I get it in my local shop. Try small hardwear shops, like local independant ones. Its €8 for a 1kg tub so I would say a lot cheaper than those soot reducers.
 
You've got to get the burn right to stop the glass sooting up. Every stove will have a different method of doing this but all probably doing the same thing. I use wood and open the stove door for 5 mins, then close door and open air inlet to full and finally select secondary air inlet for a clean soot free burn. Oh and it smelled and ticked when fired up originally also. That stopped after a few days.
 
thedaras, I'll send ya some of mine.. in return for a little bit of infor-mat-ion!!
 
This may be a stupid question and maybe Im missing something....but isnt the scouring pad that you wiped in the cold ashes not dirty when you use it on the glass?
 
The ashes would just make the pad grittier, and so easier to clean in essence.
You would then have to clean and wash down the glass afterwards, you would anyway even if you didn't use the ashes.
 
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