How to Use a Damper on a Wood Stove

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3 жыл бұрын

How to Use a Damper on a Wood Stove. Part of the series: Carpentry & Saws. A damper on a wood stove is either mounted in the chimney or in the stove itself, and it is used to block off the air flow going out. Put a damper in an open position when starting a fire in a wood stove with help from a certified home inspector in this free video on home carpentry.

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@msms7434 Жыл бұрын

No ads, no babble, straight clear information. 10/10.

@jp71006 2 жыл бұрын

Clear and to the point. I’ve kept my damper wide open for 5 years because I didn’t know how to use it. Thanks.

@johnyguitar258 Жыл бұрын

lol

@2wildtravlers Жыл бұрын

Holy shit 5 years of wasted heat 😢

@narasimha7187 Жыл бұрын

Err, me too ten years!

@DebbieNobodyneedstoknow1 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! No one is born an expert wood stove user and this helped a lot! 😊

@nycbit7386 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! Lots of people moving to wood heat this year, thanks for keeping it simple for guys like me !

@AndreaM77 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I've just installed a stove just like yours in my mobile home. Can't beat wood heat!

@manifesto8159 Жыл бұрын

Just modified my hot tent wood stove and included a damper...super helpful to keep warm in the tent without getting smoked out in sub zero temps in the woods! Thanks for the brief explanation of this super helpful device! 🤟😆

@silverhustlin1390 Жыл бұрын

How’s it going in the wild?

@bulletproofcheetoh Жыл бұрын

Love the finale “and that’s how you…” straight up to the point 💫

@abbysapples2547 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Straight to the point easy to understand for novelists of fire burning stoves and ovens. Thank you

@funkydozer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Captain Riker. My damper has been open like forever because I thought it was just a way to close the flue to stop bats coming down, now I know different and can have a bat-b-q free fire whenever I want.

@doneown503 Жыл бұрын

So , no bats , El Nostro??

@gooutside6055 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, we will be testing our new stove this weekend

@digital_mixtape Жыл бұрын

1st time using, this was very helpful, thankyou!

@lieutenantduran 2 жыл бұрын

please note, if your damper is closed too much, your stove pipe/chimney will get cold. Creosote condenses at 250°F

@atackettt 6 ай бұрын

Thank god been looking and listening to useless info with ads and 20minutes of babbling but this guy nailed it and got me what i was looking for in less then two minutes

@badluk1 Жыл бұрын

GREAT video. Thank you

@pikifrino Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Very good video. Thank you

@guinnesstavern9296 3 жыл бұрын

cheers for the info, makes sense to me now that you explained it.

@hall_lee7829 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have a good one going thanks to you. 😊

@strongvoice-LK 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@chrispysailor2300 Жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you Sir.

@leoantonio 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@cryptomadic8083 3 жыл бұрын

Heat/smoke control. Got it! Thank you kind sir

@bullet5760 3 жыл бұрын

Am I suppose to keep the door close or can I open it?

@cutter-morris 2 жыл бұрын

@@bullet5760 lmao watch the video 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bullet5760 2 жыл бұрын

@@cutter-morris wow someone responded to a 11month old comment

@karenbritton3729 2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@burtvhulberthyhbn7583 5 ай бұрын

Those cheap and common box stoves really are bang for buck great stoves but they're not "air tight" stoves. Only air tights can be throttled down effectively via combustion air controls. Non air tights need flu dampers to partially choke the exhaust side of the stove.

@amoryblaine1102 8 ай бұрын

Question. Would adding a flue damper to these modern stoves help in anyway? With retainingthe heat..seems like it would help but the community seems divided? Thoughts?

@cyllakjaw 7 ай бұрын

Why is this the only video on KZfaq that explains the damper?

@Axis.Mundis. 2 жыл бұрын

Dumb question of the day. Does the damper help in preventing flame from going up through the stove pipe? I have a stove I want to use as a back up heat source but don’t have the stove pipe up past the roof or up through the chimney. Having steam heat I’d love to be able to use both fuel and wood to heat the rads. Can I just feed the water pipe from my boilers out through the stove so it’s inside and the fire heats the pipe?

@chrispysailor2300 Жыл бұрын

I'm not the one who made this vid, but I'm going to reply. I would say absolutely do not start a fire in anything unless it is ventilated properly. Especially if it's in your house. Once you have the fire safe and secure, then you can put your copper coils I assume anywhere you would like.

@highdessert4700 Жыл бұрын

Great info, does the damper require a particular height during the install that makes it more affective? I've been looking for videos on how far up the pipe the damper is best situated, and I cannot find any information about it. I noticed that yours is pretty much at eye level or somewhere therein..

@tdog9081 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I wood like to know to exactly how gar should be placed I get alot smoke back in

@YuckFou502 7 ай бұрын

Mine ended up about 20" above the stove and works fine. I've read the minimum should be around 12"

@markweber5296 2 ай бұрын

I'm using a remote temp probe to locate the hottest area on the pipe. Will place it there for max effect. In the right place you can feel the heat back up as it's Closed. Ee E Ed E E E 8 Ea

@scottschmittmusic Жыл бұрын

I have the same stove and just put it in It started smoking coming out the top of the round inserts and the hinge on top is there a way to stop that? Thanks

@ciphercode2298 Жыл бұрын

Its normal for a little smoke to be coming out of crevices when your either adding wood or just getting the fire started. If it's doing it all the time I'd say your draft isnt quite sufficient. Heat rising should draw all the smoke up the chimney,but some atmospheric conditions can lead to poor draft,especially if it's not real cold outside or if its windy. A short chimney doesnt draft as well as a taller one. If your chimney temperature seems ok( use a magnetic thermometer) and your fire burns well and clean I'd ignore it

@scottschmittmusic Жыл бұрын

@@ciphercode2298 I ended up laying tinfoil under the round inserts and in the back where the hinge is and that stopped it

@Username49ag 2 жыл бұрын

What about the Springs

@thegrantdanielsband 10 ай бұрын

Side note never install one of these on new airtight wood stoves this will actually make the wood stove not run correctly :-)

@amoryblaine1102 8 ай бұрын

Question. Would adding a flue damper to these modern stoves help in anyway? With retainingthe heat..seems like it would help but the community seems divided? Thoughts?

@thegrantdanielsband 8 ай бұрын

There is no division you cannot use these dampers in a new wood stove plain and simple it will not perform correctly and create more emissions! The new stoves are all designed not to have them this will avoid warranty and damage the stove. Also void your home insurance! Do not do it 🙂@@amoryblaine1102

@jamesbailey1976 5 ай бұрын

@amoryblaine1102 It will choke the new stoves down too much. I tried one on my Daka wood stove and the wood just smoldered most of the time. I installed a barometric damper and everything works fine.