Wind sounds in stovepipe
We recently had a new stovepipe installed for our Defiant wood stove. It converts an 8in stove to 6in for chimney and has one 90 degree elbow. It doesn’t seem extremely tight fitting, but no smoke comes out inside. (I do take it apart for cleaning.) I do hear a strong wind sound in the stovepipe, especially on windy days but even other days, even with the stove damper (catalyst) and air flow shut down and a small fire. Is this normal/safe? Otherwise, it seems to function fun, it is just that the sound is scary.
Responses
It is common the hear wind sounds in the chimney pie as wind passes over the chimney top. Remember blowing over a pop bottle when you were young??
The only way to deter this is to either install a wind cap or to put a deflector on the windiest side of the chimney to prevent the ‘bottle effect’
BUT you have to remember that the wind passing over the chimney is what aids the draw.
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