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Old 09-18-2006, 05:44 PM
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I agree with Bob, you need to provide a combustion air source. You're experiancing stack effect and it can be overcome. Below are a couple of links that will help explain the phenomenum. You can also provide an air source in your basement by drilling a hole through your sill plate and installing a clothers dryer vent with ducting to a register grill mounted in the ceiling. Just open it when burning in the basement or instead of that you can open a basement window when you burn.

http://www.thechimneysweep.ca/2stackeffect.html

Possibly you're also experiancing some crossover since your flues are so close together.

http://www.masonrymagazine.com/6-03/fireplace1sb.html
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