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by Sunny Boy » Sun. Jan. 22, 2023 11:14 am
Your video shows that your house has become the chimney because the chimney is likely colder than the house and does not have a stronger draft than the warm house. When that happens, cold air comes down the chimney to feed the fire. The smoke has only one place to go into the warmer house.
Things to try,
1. Get the chimney warmer than the house before lighting the stove. Either by fast burning paper near the chimney outlet of the stove, or heat the outside of the pipe with a torch or hair dryer. Once the pipe is warmer it should then be able to provide a draft for the stove.
2. Close all doors to the room that the stove is in. Then light the fire. That will isolate that room from the rest of the house that is trying to be the chimney.
3. Make the chimney taller outside. Either more brick or add pipe sections.
Paul