How would you deal with this? Conventional assignment.

[Doug Wegener]

Soot from wood stove evident on the roof.

 

[Doug Wegener]

 

[Dublin ohio]

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Is it soot or rust. Would have to be some real unusual situation to create that much soot on the roof. Anything I can think of that would cause that is not good and could be a fire hazard. Inspection required time. We had a wood stove for 20 years and I never saw anything like that

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

creosote can do that, and it is flammable, and it can be cleaned off.

 

[Doug Wegener]

Thanks Terrel and Dublin. It needs to be cleaned off but probably something wrong with the woodstove that it is happening. I have seen a lot of houses with wood stoves and that is not common.

 

[Surf Cat]

I don't deal with wood stoves in my area so, I'm just guessing here.

The chimney may have been cracked or broken and to remedy the problem, they put that brighter, silver ring that's by the ridgeline on to repair it. (Think Fernando repairing one of his units taking shortcuts). Thus, the smoke is not even reaching the top of the chimney. It's coming out right by that "coupling", ring repair.... dumping right onto the roof.

Call for an inspection.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

something wrong with the woodstove that it is happening

Probably burning too green wood and incomplete combustion combined with improperly set draft. The creosote condenses because it cools too fast going out the chimney and then drips down the outside.

 

[Tom D]

Just my city slicker guess. Is that branch behind the chimney touching it. Could it be blocking the up draft causing the smoke to go sideways and down the open front area.

Didn't ask the owners, huh.

 

[Zoe]

Probably burning too green wood and incomplete combustion combined with improperly set draft. The creosote condenses because it cools too fast going out the chimney and then drips down the outside.

Or maybe a real gummy type wood that don't burn good. I would not play with that. It would be absolute correction by qualified professional. I can go back and inspect but send me the letter from whoever corrected it and I will include it with 1004d.

 

[Zoe]

You know dang well a buyer will not like it and it will impact marketability. I would reach so far to call it health and safety hazard. Homeowner would have to live with it.

I am not shy though. I would have asked homeowner if that don't scare them a little?

Roofers burn shingles sometimes just to warm up in cold weather. Shingles are very flammable.

They will throw scraps in a bucket and light them up.

It is very possible that stove needs removed or replaced. I am an expert in that area.