- 1). Find out how far away your neighbors are from your home. The distance your home is from other residential areas will determine where the stack of your outdoor wood-burning furnace needs to be in relation to your home's eave line to control smoke.
- 2). Check the location of the stack of your outdoor wood-burning furnace. For example, the stack should be 2 feet above the eave line if your home is less than 50 feet from another home; if 50 to 100 feet away, the stack should be at 75 percent of the height of the total eave line of your home. Then add 2 feet. If the distance is 100 to 150 feet, this translates to 50 percent of the eave line plus 2 feet, and 150 to 200 feet means 25 percent of the eave line plus 2 feet. Any less than these measurements and the smoke will be too heavy.
- 3). Move all large objects, such as surrounding fences or tall trees, away from your outdoor wood-burning furnace. These objects will block wind and air movement, which prevents the smoke from being disbursed properly.
- 4). Burn a higher grade of wood. Low-grade woods can create more smoke from your outdoor wood-burning furnace. Choose wood with 20 percent to 30 percent moisture content or less, and use larger pieces of wood for less smoke.
- 5). Place only as much wood into the chamber of your outdoor wood-burning furnace as you need. Overloading the chamber might save you some time reloading it, but it will also create more smoke from the furnace.
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