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Gas fireplace venting issue

Home Improvement Asked by Tony Talerico on August 26, 2021

I have a Empire CIBV-20-30 natural gas fireplace I installed in my home. It has 5.5 ft of vertical stack and 19 inches of horizontal stack going through the wall. I used the specified 4″ bvent.

When it gets below 35 degrees outside the fire place will not vent. I have tried a horizontal cap, turning the pipe down 45 degrees, 90 degrees, and adding 2 ft of vertical outside. Nothing seems to work. It burns until the temp limit switch shuts it down and no venting happens. When its 40 degrees out or above it vents beautifully.

Any suggestions?

Tony

2 Answers

Gas , oil, and wood need air( oxygen) to burn , then the flue gas can be vented. So , let in some air, A K A -open a window. When I lived in a colder climate , I always provided an air inlet , generally a duct pipe from outside to near the furnace, or fireplace in this case. Newer furnaces are generally required to have an ejector fan on the exhaust vent because newer houses are well sealed and it is difficult for a natural draft to work. The lower the outside temperature , the more the problem.

Answered by blacksmith37 on August 26, 2021

I'm only a novice on these things, but it sounds like you may need to clean your Blower Wheel of dust, hair and lint. Also, your Air Shutter may need a cleaning. A schematic can be found here fireplaceparts.com/

I couldn't see any mention of it, but you may need a double-wall piping. Or, need to go all of the way to triple-wall for temperatures below 40...if you already have double-wall. As, double-wall can get heated enough to cause outward draft and kill the inward drawing.

Answered by Iggy on August 26, 2021

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