Fire Balloon For Chimney

How to measure a fireplace for a chimney balloon 1 before sizing your chimney make sure your fireplace and chimney is cold and you have no hot embers in your fireplace.

Fire balloon for chimney.

I came across chimney sheep a chimney balloon which you can buy put in your chimney and blow up. If you do not regularly use your fireplace a chimney balloon is an ideal way to stop chimney drafts and save energy. To seal a poorly operating damper during the off season. Around 80 cubic metres per hour travels up the chimney.

Chimney balloon double glazing for your chimney. The chimney balloon is heat reactive. Fireplace plug chimney plug flueblocker fireplace balloon. Step by step video on how to install a chimney balloon or chimney pillow in order to stop cold chimney drafts and eliminate fireplace odor and smoke smell.

2 with safety goggles on look into your chimney with a flashlight and identify the damper a metal flap that closes. Made of polyurethane it fits into most fireplaces that have a rectangular shaped damper. A chimney balloon is a balloon made of special heat reactive durable material. So i started looking into what was available.

Chimney balloon draft stopper measuring for your chimney balloon. 6 round chimney flueblocker herdwick wool wood stove and fireplace draft stopper plug excluder better than an inflatable balloon or pillow saves energy blocks drafts fireplace smells and debris 4 5 out of 5 stars 12. When our kids are older i d like a wood burner but until then our chimney is just a source of wasted heat. Chimneys are designed to draw fumes out of a property and they continue syphoning air out whether the fire is lit or not.

2 5 out of 5 stars 3. Its purpose is to block the opening of a chimney that is not in use. Stop draughts from an un used chimney with the uk made original and best inflatable chimney draught stopper. Measuring the inside of your flue will help you choose the correct size chimney.

When you want to use the fire you just deflate it. Here are some of the advantages of using a chimney balloon. If someone accidentally lights a fire under it. Cutting energy expenses is easy when you add weather stripping to your fireplace damper with the battic door energy conservation products 18 in.

But keep in mind your balloon is installed low in the chimney by the firebox. To plug large fireplaces smoke chambers.