How to check for up draught in your stove, woodburner or multi-fuel?

Safety Match Test - Home up-draught test for your chimney

If you would like to check the performance of the stove yourself, this is a simple wood burner, stove or multi-fuel up-draught performance test that you can do with just a match.

What you will need . . . 

• A safety match (Preferably Extra long) such as - Bryant & May Extra Long Matches

How to perform the updraught test?

1. When the stove is cold, open the stove door to make with a tiny gap.
2. Hold a burning match just outside of the gap (about fifty millimeter / 2"). 
3. Watch and record the flames movement.

How to read the flame.

1. If the flame is drawn into stoves fire chamber, the flue system has up-draught. 
2. If the flame isn't drawn in, or it is pushed outward into the room then the flue may not have a up-draught or you maybe a down-draught issue.
3.  If the match is drawn in to the woodburner or multi-fuel so powerfully that it goes out, then you most likely have a good up-draught.

A note from a Dorset Chimney Sweep:
"Although this test does not replace a No.2 Smoke Test (up-draught test), it can be a useful tool to check the up-draught in between your regular chimney sweeps."

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This article was written by Jim Chim-in-ey, 

An insurance approved chimney sweep 

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