Troubles in Bullerjan stoves and chimneys operation, their causes and trouble shooting

Trouble

Possible cause

Trouble shooting

You can’t fire up a Bullerjan stove, it emits smoke, and there is no draft.

The chimney is clogged.

Overcool chimney was used.

Clean the chimney.

Raise the draft by firing paper and chips.

It is difficult to fire up a Bullerjan stove, it emits smoke.

There is not enough air for burning; the windows and doors are tightly closed.

The draft is weakened through air inflow window through cracks and clearing doors of the chimney.

The chimney has been clogged by soot and ashes.

Open a ventilator window. Air the room. Eliminate air inflow through clearing doors, and seal chimney joints.

Clean the chimney.

Rust stains appeared on the pipe.

Condensate was formed due to low temperature of combustion gas because:

a) cold air is inflowing;

b) the fire chamber of Bullerjan stove is loaded with damp firewood;

c) the chimney is not heat-insulated.

Provide the pipe with heat insulation.

Bullerjan stove’s temperature in not enough.

You probably use damp firewood.

Use dry firewood.

The smoke goes down out of the chimney.

The chimney is not high enough. The external parts of the chimney are not heat-insulated.

Make the chimney as high as recommended in the specifications. Provide the external pipe with heat-insulation. If the pipe is in a brick case, then bush it (with single-wall stainless pipe) with air-gap from the external wall of the pipe to the brick case wall for 2 cm each side.

The stove emits smoke when the fire door is open.

Bullerjan stove was not blown trough.

There is no draft.

Clean the chimney.

Smoke emits out of air-supply regulator of Bullerjan stove.

The chimney is not heat-insulated.

There is not enough air for burning; the windows and doors are tightly closed.

Provide the chimney with heat insulation.

Open a ventilator window. Air the room.