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A Few Tips for Fireplace Efficiency

Kieron Bothma by Kieron Bothma
Jan 12th 2019
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The fireplace has long been the favorite area to gather in the American house. A location for heat, the fireplace includes the environment, sparking memories that are to be cherished. With all the benefits that a fireplace can bring, there are some significant disadvantages that if not attended to can trigger a love for the fireplace to wane.

When there is a fire burning, the fireplace does undoubtedly radiate heat in its general vicinity, but it also produces a convection current that can, in fact, pull conditioned air out of the room and up the chimney causing your heating system to work overtime. When the fire is not burning, the fireplace has a damper which is supposed to obstruct inside air from getting away and outside air from getting into.

Your house has an unclean little trick– the fireplace that is designed to warm your house is actually doing the opposite and costing you numerous dollars in energy expenses. Don’t stress– with a little investment of time and cash, you can turn that ineffective fireplace into a powerhouse heating unit that will minimize your energy bills and add even more appeal to your existing fireplace.

The following is a list of 4 things that you can do yourself to drastically decrease the heating expenses related to the ineffectiveness of your fireplace.

Leading Sealing Dampers to change the fireplace throat damper and are installed at the top of the chimney. The top sealing damper has a seal that acts like a storm door keeping the pricey conditioned air inside the house and the outside air– outside.

A fireback is a cast iron plate that is placed at the back of your fireplace. The fireback enhances the performance of the fireplace by soaking up the heat from the fire and radiating the heat back into the room.

These heating units are closed systems so no smoke from the fireplace is attacking the house. Specific fireplace heaters can be set up with fireplace glass doors which will kick your cost savings up another notch.

Fireplace Glass Doors will likely carry the largest investment, but you can minimize a few of that expense by doing a few of the work yourself. There are a number of fireplace doors that can be purchased online and come with easy to install instructions. The fireplace glass door produces a barrier between the home and the chimney, thus decreasing the area that your heating system will have to heat. This alone is a great factor to set up these doors, but it’s not the only factor.

Fireplace glass doors provide another level of safety for the house by safeguarding kids and animals from the fire. If you have a wood burning fireplace you will want to buy the screen mesh that is created to opt for the fireplace glass doors. This will allow you to have the doors open while the fire is burning and still have your house protected from triggers and embers. Fireplace glass doors are now being produced with modern designs and really include beauty and appeal to the fireplace.

If you’re helpful, all of these ideas are simple to accomplish. In addition, all of the items, while challenging to find locally, can easily be acquired online. If you’re concerned about high energy expenses however you wish to keep your fireplace, then it’s time to plug up the holes in your regular monthly energy budget plan by plugging up the holes in your fireplace.

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Kieron Bothma

Kieron Bothma

Kieron enjoys writing about Gardening, Home Improvement, Business and everything in between. Kieron is the main editor for E-Dirt.co.za. You can reach him on [email protected]

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