Boeing
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Fellas, I have a curious problem. I have a steel building with a RIDGE vent. I added a wood stove last year. It kept getting real smoky inside so I BLOCKED off the gable vent......that helped alot. Still had smoke so I added 18" to the insulated smokestack......that pretty much stopped the smoke. This past week I went back up to Va. yeah!!! and there was a temperature INVERSION....(earth colder than the air) and the smoke spreads out rather than rising......my building got real smoky again.......burned my eyes, made my clothes STINK...
(those pines are about 15' away to the North)
Does anyone have some suggestions? I'm not sure if I could block off half of the RIDGE vent or not.....I guess I could raise the stack another 18" and put "guy wires" to stabilize it. This really takes the pleasure out of staying there in cool weather.
BTW, the solar panels with two deep cycle batts work GREAT!!! Charges Tractor, Generator, Truck....provides LED lights, fan, drill etc....love it.



Does anyone have some suggestions? I'm not sure if I could block off half of the RIDGE vent or not.....I guess I could raise the stack another 18" and put "guy wires" to stabilize it. This really takes the pleasure out of staying there in cool weather.



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