[SeniorSitizen]

Is it common for pellet stove to produce a rather obnoxious odor from the stove pipe. I say obnoxious because it's a way different smell than any wood burned in the area. Pine would smell pleasant in comparison.

 

[user_12345a]

is it possible you're using inferior pellets with some type of glue to hold the sawdust together?

i would assume pellet stoves burn cleaner than normal wood ones.

 

[SeniorSitizen]

I should have been clear by elaborating a little more. I only burn oak and the odor drifts in on a north wind. My stove is in my shop to the south.


Researching mentions binders but I find no mention of a bad smell at this point of research so I ask here if anyone has experienced a peculiar odor.