Cast Iron Flue Pipe Damper For Wood Burning Stoves Wood Burners Fires S4U® (5" Flue Damper)

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Your damper is a plated device that sits above the firebox. Its function is to regulate the volume of air that travels through the fireplace/chimney system. When fully open, the damper allows for sufficient air to start fires easily and keep them burning aggressively. It also gives smoke and toxins such as dangerous carbon monoxide a pathway to exit the fireplace. By opening the damper less or more, you control the amount of air moving past the fire and the cleanness of its burn. Think of it as a throttle for your flames.

Do you have a problem with your damper or flue? A-1 Chimney Specialist of Winchester, TN, and Huntsville, AL, is ready to help. We provide licensed fireplace and chimney inspections, chimney sweeping and all types of chimney repairs to keep your home and family safe.A damaged fireplace damper may not fully open or close. Rust can cause this. So can warping and general old age. After an inspection, your chimney technician will tell you the extent of any damage present and will advise either repair or replacement of the damper.

When you aren’t using your fireplace, the damper should be tightly closed to prevent an unwanted exchange of air between your home and the outside world. A closed damper also keeps bugs, squirrels, birds and other critters out of your house. Damper issues It helps to properly maintain the fireplace, to control the updraft, and to be able to seal it off when you aren’t using it. You’ll be able to use your damper to keep the heated or cooled air of your home inside the walls of your house and keep the aforementioned critters, weather events, and debris (and sometimes very short-sighted children) outside of them.The flue is also sometimes called the chimney lining when used with an open fireplace. You may think that it is your chimney that pulls the smoke up and out of your house when you’re burning fire, but this is incorrect. Closing the damper when a fire is not burning seals off the fireplace from the outside. This keeps the conditioned (heated or cooled) air inside your home from escaping and also prevents precipitation, wind gusts, and intrepid animals from making their way down the flue tube into your home. Flue liners are typically built from stainless steel, clay tiles or a cast-in-place material. Each style of liner is durable and long-lasting – but no liner will last forever. Chimney liners should be inspected regularly to spot early signs of damage or malfunction. Some older open fireplaces don’t have a damper, and they can function perfectly fine as fireplaces without one. Because wood-burning stoves are often used to heat rooms or whole houses, keeping your fire burning slowly for a long time is ideal. This transfers more heat to the metal body of the stove, which means it releases more heat into the air around it.