Fireplace Leaking Cold Air

Install a fireback another inexpensive way to increase your fireplace s efficiency is to install a fireback.

Fireplace leaking cold air.

My fireplace is leaking cold air into my family room. It is a superior 36 and i closed the outside air intake and made sure the vent is closed. Cold air leaks through the front face vents of the fireplace when not in use its a cold draft coming in the living room on the floor. Fireplace heaters fireplace heaters are another option to.

The cold air comes from all around the fireplace more like the heat exchanger than the interior. Use our magnetic fireplace vent coverto stop the inner cold air circulation from the vents. You will stop the cold drafty air in the winter and keep warm humid air from coming in during the summer months. We recently bought a 1996 house which has a majestic gas fireplace.

Use a top sealing damper the purpose of a top sealing damper is to act like a storm door to keep your heated or. Use our flue coverto stop the outside air from coming in through the flue. Common complaint of fireplace and stove owners is that cold air and odors leak from it when it is not in use a problem referred to here as the causes of this problem and its solutions reveal some of the basic physics of chimneys. I check for insulation around the chimney frame and its insulated.