Roosaaliiee

the firebox is very small, it is a small woodburner anyways AND there's a back boiler element in it too, so only takes a few logs at a time

Thanks. it's multifuel with a grate. I haven't been away for long enough since October for birds to start nesting. I'll just get it checked by a pro I think, the wood burner!

about 3 mtrs away from the woodburner on the ceiling. What could it be about the position of the alarm?

The alarm is mains powered so batteries aren't the problem.

Thanks. On days like today (very low wind) it's practically impossible to keep a flame going, unless I'm on it all the time. And even then.... Would you say to never keep the fire slumbering? I tend to do this overnight to keep some heat in the living room, or on days that it's not too cold, because otherwise it gets way too hot in the room.

Thanks. I have none of these! Everything else is electric.

Hi all. I have a small woodburner that I use every day. Yesterday my CO alarm went off. I left the house and ventilated and all that, but I want to know why this happened. My guess is that because there was no wind and I had the vent almost closed, there wasn't enough draft into the woodburner and the smoke wasn't going into the chimney. I did see smoke puff back a bit, when opening the door, a few times, which I understand now is not a good thing. I use dry enough wood (I checked), and combine it with coal. The chimney was swept and the woodburner checked last October. I only moved here last year and I'm quite new to using a woodburner, so not sure what I'm doing wrong, and if my guess (fume 'build up' due to not enough draw because no wind and vents almost closed so low slumbering fire) Any advice / thoughts/suggestions apart from getting the woodburner checked (will do that anyways)? Thanks