Expert: James Ball - 10/13/2011

Question
i have a 3 year old Vermont castings wood stove the end of last season when i would load wood in side door smoke would come into house -  just had 1st fire this year and when i load wood in side door smoke pours into house this never happened the 1st 2 years of having this stove could cap on chimney be blocked or pipe be blocked stove seams to burning fine

Answer
Hello Gerald, sounds like the stove needs a cleaning (cap should be checked too) or some thing in the home is pulling air down. I would have a local Certified Chimney Sweep www.csia.org, (there you can look up by zip code to find one near you) take a first hand look at what you have, they should be able to help.
Hope this helps
James