I've "repaired" our insert wood heater and it's no longer heating up our room/house
We have lived in our 25 year old house for approx 10 months now and it's starting to get cold again, we haven't used our insert wood heater in around 7 months and in that time I've replaced the door rope, glass retaining frame and sealed the glass up with new tape Ive also replaced the baffle plate as the old one was a bit worse for wear. The fire has never burned longer, hotter and more efficient (we are burning dry seasoned Redgum here in Victoria Australia) and in the morning after an overnight burn there is still a nice bed of hot coals.
One issue, it's not heating our room. Even with the convention fan off and running it feels like the fire is pulling more cold air into the room and creating a craft than it is radiating the heat. It's night and day to last year even though the fire is burning hotter than ever. Our house is on stumps so unsure if it's settled and moved and creating drafts around the place, there are no cracks in plaster and huge gaps around doors etc
I've also checked the firebox surround to ensure its enclosed and not losing heat up the brick chimney stack. There is a single skin stainless flue up to a complete sealed chimney crown
Does anyone have anything they would like to input?
Attached are the photos of the replacement parts which are as per manufacturers specs