HY-C Smoke Guard for 28.5 to 48-Inch by 4-Inch Fireplaces, Black Powder Coat

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If smoke gets into your room when you have a fire going, it might be from a flue being sized too small for your fireplace's opening. Fireplace doors also save heat, since you can close them before you go to bed, preventing heat loss up the flue. A strong chimney draft requires neutral air pressure—that is, outside air enters the home at the same rate that inside air exits it, so that indoor and outdoor air pressure is the same.

A smoke guard is a device that is installed at the top of the fireplace opening to direct smoke towards the chimney and away from the room. Contact our team of experts in Detroit, MI, and let us help you find the perfect Smoke Guard solution for your home. Another cause is a cold flue, where the smoke cools and sinks back into the house, resulting in a smoky fireplace. Our checkout process uses industry standard TLS (Transport Layer Security) technology to encrypt and scramble all personal information including your name, address, and credit card information so that it may not be read by others as it travels over the Internet.RELATED: The Best Firewood Racks of 2022 If your chimney or fireplace has a design flaw, have a smoke guard installed. Always consult with a chimney or fireplace professional prior to the use or installation of any of our parts or accessories. This is the first possibility to explore if you have a tightly-insulated house, an air exchange system, or exhaust fans in operation.

As a smoke guard manufacturer, we know plenty about how smoke guards help to mitigate smoke buildup in your home. The gentlemen working there were really nice, and even taught us more about airflow and how our nearly 90 year old chimney system works. Now, I realize that the fireplace opening is pretty tall - 44" to the top of the arch (see picture below). Regular chimney maintenance, including creosote removal, is also important to prevent smoky fireplaces.Once you do, you can continue to wash your hands, and even though you’ll wind up with a bit less water pressure, the water will at least drain properly and won’t pool in the sink. This bit of professional maintenance helps keep your chimney clean and free of obstructions or structural damage. Since there is usually no practical way to make the chimneys liner size larger, the solution may be to make your firebox opening smaller with a fireplace smoke guard system, install an exhausto fan, or one of Superior Chimney’s masonry crews can resize your firebox. Measure the length and height of the fireplace opening to determine the size of the sheet metal needed. Air temperature, air pressure, chimney height, firebox surface area — it can all be a lot to keep straight.

Additionally, a tightly sealed house can create negative pressure, pushing smoke back down the chimney and into the living area. We haven't had any warping issues, ours is a very old fireplace though, most of the heat goes up and out the chimney. The solution to a misplaced damper is either (a) to remove and replace the damper, often a costly and involved proposition, or (b) to install a smoke guard or fireplace doors. The greater influx of air from the outdoors pushes down smoke in the flue until it enters your home. If you’re cautious, it’s also a good preventative measure, designed to keep irritating, dangerous smoke out of your home.Don’t wait to make your chimney safer and more enjoyable – get in touch today for a consultation and installation. For example, if you have a larger fireplace opening, you may need a wider smoke guard to effectively contain the smoke.

You may still make purchases at our site if you have set your browser to disable cookies but functionality may be limited. Here’s a trick for monitoring smoky fireplaces: If you can’t see the smoke spilling from the fireplace, shine a flashlight across the fireplace opening. That difference in the size of that space allows more room and more time for excess smoke to collect before it is drawn up the chimney, keeping the smoke in the fireplace and not allowing it to escape into the room. There’s nothing quite like the comfy, cozy, warm feeling that a fireplace offers, especially on a dreary fall or winter day. Diversity is, also, an inherent quality of these products; you'll find a variety of widths available, making locating your ideal match a simple, often, easily satisfied requirement.TLS encryption is employed during checkout when the URL in browsers, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, changes from "http" to "https". Fireplaces will often smoke because the fireplace opening is too large in relation to the chimney flue. To determine if this is the case in your house, next time the fireplace is smoky, open a nearby window or door while the fireplace is in operation.