Have you built the stove?
Some years ago, on a rented apartment, i built a "regular" rocket stove in front of the fire place and put que flue pipe into the fireplace itself/chimeney.
"Ace of Hearts" sounds a little like "Ace o Farts" - says this tiny ad:
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