Gas Fireplace Dampers

Fireplace dampers or chimney dampers components of your fireplace help regulate airflow and draft for fireplaces.

Gas fireplace dampers.

Cast iron dampers can be used for all fireboxes with exception to our 72 conventional requires 2 top seal dampers or our see through models regardless if using masonry or metal flue. The ecodamper system quietly manages a perfect draft and prevents heat from escaping through the chimney when the fireplace is not in use. The environmentally friendly enervex ecodamper system is the first combined draft and damper system for use with gas fireplaces. A fireplace damper is a simple flap that opens and closes inside the flue of your fireplace.

Small damper 9 24 fits 30 and 36 throats. Both gas and wood burning fireplaces require an operational flue damper to direct the flow of combustion gases out of your home. How to lubricate fireplace dampers. Most fireplaces have a throat damper sometimes called a lower damper just above the firebox.

It is like a valve or trapdoor. Flat gasket dampers for rumford fireplaces cast iron dampers designed specifically for the superior clay rumford throat. A fireplace damper is a device that can be manually opened or closed with the purpose of allowing gases and other byproducts from a fireplace to be safely vented from a building when open but to also prevent air from escaping the building when a fireplace isn t being used. A leaky or missing fireplace damper can cost as much as several hundred dollars of heat loss right up your chimney.

While you re looking for new chimney and fireplace accessories for your hearth area don t forget a fireplace damper. Learn why heatilator is the 1 brand used by homebuilders. They are therefore opened or closed with a damper handle. The glass between the firebox and your home prevents cold or heat from coming down the chimney and by leaving the damper open at all times you eliminate the risk of having gas build up or backdraft into your home.

We ve got conventional replacement fireplace dampers chimney top dampers and components. The damper in a gas fireplace should remain open all the time. Cast iron top seal and anchor plate with damper. Available in 2 sizes small and large to fit one piece rumford throats.

When a damper becomes difficult. When closed it seals off the chimney so that warm air from your house doesn t escape. No one enjoys paying to heat the outdoors when open it allows the fire to vent properly and let the smoke go up the chimney.